news conference

noun

Examples of news conference in a Sentence

The President will hold a news conference later today.
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Alaska State Trooper Lt. Ben Endres said Friday at a news conference that the passengers on the plane are all adults. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025 The woman, Danette Colbert, 48, of Slidell, La., was the last person who was seen with Adan Manzano, 27, before his body was discovered on Wednesday in his hotel room, Keith A. Conley, the police chief in Kenner, La., said on Friday during a news conference. Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025 Sanjay Malhotra, governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), during a news conference in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025 Patrick Mahomes Is Already Thinking of His Next Super Bowl Win Reid was asked about the picture at a news conference that season. Sean Gregory, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for news conference 

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of news conference was in 1937

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“News conference.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news%20conference. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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