publishing

noun

pub·lish·ing ˈpə-bli-shiŋ

: the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art

newspaper publishing

software publishing

Examples of publishing in a Sentence

He was hoping to get a job in publishing after college. Her sister works for a well-known publishing company.

Recent Examples on the Web

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The company has recently inked deals with Legendary Entertainment, Scholastic, Roblox, and other notable partners, expanding the Poppy Playtime universe into film and publishing. —

Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 Since its publishing, the video has been viewed more than 50,000 times and attracted hundreds of comments. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 At the time of publishing, the price started at $19. —

Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2025 Prior to founding Nautilus, Steele worked for Ted Forstmann at IMG/Forstmann Little developing television, film and publishing projects. —

Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for publishing

Word History

Etymology

Middle English publisching "act of announcing, public declaration, issuing of copies of a book," from gerund of publisshen "to make known, publish"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of publishing was in the 15th century

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