street date

noun

plural street dates
: the date set by a manufacturer or publisher as the first day a product may be sold to consumers
Cannon didn't think that his trading card dealer had intentionally broken the street date, or that anyone involved had dealt with stolen product.Sisi Jiang

Examples of street date in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trending on Billboard The song would make its way into the public sphere when Broken Bow released the track and its accompanying video to digital service providers on July 4, ahead of the Aug. 23 street date for her album Whirlwind. Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2024 Eventually, TikTok users flooded his comment section begging him to drop the full song, resulting in the track’s Feb. 9 street date. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of street date was in 1979

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“Street date.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street%20date. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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