pub date
Americannoun
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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