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
Laslo hung a blazer over the sign for the radio-TV press gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
Up there, actual reporters in the balcony press gallery!
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
On Thursday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison declined to say when a decision might come from his government, quashing press gallery reports that a decision would be made imminently.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2022
In the press gallery the reporters bunched together their scattered papers and inspected their pencil-points with earnestness.
From Lifted Masks; stories by Glaspell, Susan
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