press release
Americannoun
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press releases
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of press release
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Their original press release mentioned building a new air defence systems that would be "in essence, a British Iron Dome", referencing Israel's elaborate air defence system.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The statue of Ben Ali, a thoroughbred stallion who won the race at Churchill Downs in 1886, was reported stolen Wednesday, the Sacramento Police Department said in a press release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The Attorney General's Office stated in a press release that, given Mariaca's "definitive absence," the next most senior public prosecutor, Luis Montano Morales, would replace him on an interim basis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The company’s press release goes into more detail, but basically says that Claude was prompted to search through a massive database of DNA sequences for reverse transcriptases, enzymes that copy RNA into DNA.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
From that point forward, there wasn’t a tournament Bobby played in or an exhibition he conducted that wasn’t pre-ballyhooed by a press release Regina sent to the media.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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