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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

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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