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free press

noun

  1. a body of book publishers, news media, etc., not controlled or restricted by government censorship in political or ideological matters.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of free press1

First recorded in 1760–70

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Example Sentences

Australia started this audacious attempt to rescue the free press from Big Tech in 2017 after regulators said companies like Facebook and Google exerted an outsized control of the flow of news to the public.

From Time

It has proved that it cannot function within the ground rules of our system — that candidates concede when they lose, that they respect a free press, that they stick to facts and embrace majority rule.

Just as important, it provides the next generation with an appreciation of the First Amendment and the role of a free press.

The surprise decision by a London judge prompted joyous scenes outside the court—but also warnings about the protection of the free press.

From Fortune

Thank you for recognizing the importance of an independent, free press and supporting the work of the Blade.

Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.

Enrollment rates, the Chattanooga Times-Free Press suggests, are in trouble at Bryan.

He also declined to comment on the ramifications for free press.

Until this week, a handful of websites seemed to be the last bastions of the free press in Russia.

Nonetheless, he added, “I count this as a victory for the notion of free press.”

She was to learn other things—that America knew more, through a free press, of war conditions than did England.

At two o'clock they had disappeared, having accomplished their evil purpose of preventing a "free press" in Alton.

Stanhope maintained that the object of a free press was to check public licentiousness and to expose libellers to odium.

But is the picture identical in all respects to the Detroit Free Press picture?

His descriptions of the natural history and botany of the country are very interesting.Detroit Free Press.

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