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publication date

American  

noun

  1. the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.


Etymology

Origin of publication date

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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Yet The Nation’s Elie Mystal noticed something unusual about the publication date of Alito’s forthcoming doorstopper “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of the Constitution, the Court, and the Country.”

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

September job numbers haven’t been released and October will likely be delayed as well, even if the shutdown ends before the scheduled Nov. 7 publication date.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

The pop singer revealed the news on Instagram but there's no publication date as yet.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

The result is what amounts to a defense brief for Bankman-Fried for his fraud trial in New York federal court, which opens Tuesday — coinciding, as it happens, with the publication date of Lewis’ book.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Mrs. Sharpe and the children wondered if there was any connection with the 1931 publication date of Lo!

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett