full-court press
noun
1
: a press employed in basketball on both halves of the court
2
: an all-out effort or offensive
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Qualcomm has made an unprecedented full-court press into laptop chips since the original Snapdragon X Elite rollout.
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Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
From the start of the CFP to the start of spring practice, Notre Dame landed two commitments, both on the offensive line, hardly a position that requires a recruiting full-court press.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Hence the full-court press with propagandistic photos that could elicit waves of outrage faster than they could be debunked.
—Seth Mandel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Hegseth's news conference came amid a full-court press from Trump's top officials disputing a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment that said the bombings may have only set Iran's nuclear program back by a few months.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 26 June 2025
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Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
From the start of the CFP to the start of spring practice, Notre Dame landed two commitments, both on the offensive line, hardly a position that requires a recruiting full-court press.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Hence the full-court press with propagandistic photos that could elicit waves of outrage faster than they could be debunked.
—Seth Mandel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Hegseth's news conference came amid a full-court press from Trump's top officials disputing a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment that said the bombings may have only set Iran's nuclear program back by a few months.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 26 June 2025
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“Full-court press.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-court%20press. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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