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publishing house

American  

noun

  1. a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like.

    a venerable publishing house in Boston.


Etymology

Origin of publishing house

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

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Lyons describes Skyhorse as a free-speech publishing house that offers iconoclastic works that other companies won’t touch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The publishing house, owned by private-equity firm KKR KKR -3.76%decrease; red down pointing triangle , is best known for such blockbuster authors as Stephen King, Bob Woodward and Colleen Hoover.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Adrienne Vaughan, 45, the head of the US branch of Bloomsbury publishing house, died after she was flung from the motorboat in the holiday hotspot in southern Italy in August 2023.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

By the 1980s, Iliescu was out of politics and working as a director at a government-affiliated academic publishing house.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

Francie wondered whether the men in the publishing house where he worked called him John, too.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith