publishing

[puhb-li-shing]

noun

1. the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals.

   He plans to go into publishing after college.

Word History and Origins

Origin of publishing¹

1375–1425; late Middle English (gerund); publish, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The government shutdown has caused BLS personnel to pause collecting, processing, or publishing economic data for the duration of the shutdown.

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That’s because the bureau has said that agency personnel won’t be collecting, processing, or publishing economic data for the duration of the shutdown.

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She said the new edition "marks the pinnacle of an exciting and ambitious publishing programme, undertaken with Faber over the past decade".

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She’s relieved that medical societies are publishing their own recommendations and said she now trusts them more than the government.

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It is an institutionally authorized history, published by the Smithsonian’s publishing arm and written by Tom D. Crouch, a curator emeritus of the National Air and Space Museum.

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