press gallery
Americannoun
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a press section, especially in a legislative chamber.
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the group of news reporters present or qualified to be present in this section.
noun
Etymology
Origin of press gallery
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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It was difficult from my seat in the press gallery to make out much of what he was saying.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
I settled into my seat in the press gallery above the speaker’s dais at about 12:45 p.m. and prepared to watch the joint session of Congress convene for the electoral vote count.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024
On the fifth vote, a foreign journalist in the press gallery fell asleep, face down on the table.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023
BBC political correspondent Ione Wells sat in the press gallery of the Commons watching the spectacle unfold.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2022
"Read that!" gasped the secretary, breathlessly, and he hurried away up a side passageway and out to reach the stairs leading to the press gallery.
From A Gentleman from Mississippi by Rhodes, Harrison
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