news conference

noun

Examples of news conference in a Sentence

The President will hold a news conference later today.
Recent Examples on the Web The attacker stabbed at least nine people in Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center before a senior police officer who was in the vicinity at the time shot him dead, New South Wales assistant commissioner Anthony Cooke said in a news conference Saturday evening. Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2024 The injured student was shot in the leg by another student in a classroom, Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said at a news conference Friday afternoon. Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024 On Thursday, those claims were all supported by a criminal complaint unveiled at a news conference by U.S. Atty. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024 If a second Trump administration tried to revoke the waiver, Newsom said at a February news conference, the state would go to court again. Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024 On Wednesday, rescuers find the bodies of two men trapped in a red pickup near the bridge's middle span, Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. says at a news conference. Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024 At a news conference Friday, officials said moving the ship was a second priority, after reopening the shipping lane in and out of the Port of Baltimore. Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024 At a news conference outside the courthouse, Jane Dorotik expressed her relief. Dena Goldstein, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024 At a news conference over the weekend, Chester Fire Commissioner John-Paul Shirley said local emergency responders and the Coast Guard searched the creek with the assistance of drones and boats. David Chiu, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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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 27 Apr. 2024.

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