press release
Americannoun
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press releases
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of press release
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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Both described the document as a press release masked as a court filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
A settlement between parties who were never adverse is not the resolution of a controversy; it is a press release with a case number.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The transaction includes a "collaboration and technology-sharing agreement" that retains Boeing's access to Wisk technology for current and next-generation commercial and defense aircraft, the press release said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The US Department of Justice did not name the "sham charity" in their press release.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The endlessly repeated claim that Webster’s Third treated ain’t as correct English is a myth.3 It originated in a press release from the publisher’s marketing department which announced “Ain’t gets official recognition at last.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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