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pub date

American  

noun

Informal.
  1. publication date.


Etymology

Origin of pub date

By shortening


Example Sentences

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The new pub date isn’t without its issues, though.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

Deflecting sincere compliments on her performance, Nancherla mentioned that her first book’s pub date was only a few weeks away, an experience known to throw even the healthiest writer into a crisis of self-doubt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

Your publisher was actually able to move the pub date up a few weeks.

From Salon ● May 16, 2020

On Thursday afternoon we responded with a short statement saying that we would publish the book, and we moved the pub date forward to the next day.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 8, 2018

Yoder says there are "two streams of thought" about the best pub date: either the babies' first birthday, Nov. 19, 1998, or Mother's Day 1999.

From Time Magazine Archive

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