media event

noun

: a publicity event staged for coverage by the news media

Examples of media event in a Sentence

The President's visit to the school was a major media event.
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What To Know Speaking as part of an Oval Office media event for the signing of executive orders, Trump repeated the idea to rename the DOD to its old title, last used in 1947. Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025 Inside Sorrelina at the media event Thursday, Michael Speagle, president and COO of GDL Cucina, the parent company of Giada Restaurants, proudly showed off his rotating Marra Forni brick oven, which heats up to 650 degrees and cooks pizza in 90 seconds. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 Health care providers and Medicaid enrollees have been speaking up at media events, too. Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025 The first five recipients of the fund’s grants were revealed in May, and this week Uniqlo hosted one of them in its home country of Japan for a series of media events and interviews. Kelly Wetherille, Footwear News, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for media event

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of media event was in 1972

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“Media event.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/media%20event. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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