news conference

noun

Examples of news conference in a Sentence

The President will hold a news conference later today.
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Deputy Chief Joseph Heffernan said during a news conference that investigators believe the shooting involved at least two gunmen. Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026 Twelve people were struck by bullets, including two who were critically injured, during a shooting near a popular neighborhood festival in Toledo, Ohio, on Saturday, June 6, city officials said at a news conference. Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 June 2026 The clarification came after Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott said during a news conference that Hammond’s Northwest Indiana stadium proposal includes a practice facility. Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026 Similarly, none of the three affordability bills that Democrats touted at a news conference earlier this year will be signed into law. Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for news conference

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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 9 Jun. 2026.

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