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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Other recent activations have included influencer and media events at New York City restaurants The Polo Bar and Dante, as well as an espresso martini machine that can make cocktails in around 20 seconds for bars and restaurants. John Kell, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 He's had two toes amputated and part of his left calf removed, and two years ago, Sanders missed a Pac-12 Conference media event due to blood clots in his legs. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025 On Wednesday, the TCA’s board of directors informed its members via email that the next big installment of the twice-annual media event has gone the way of, well, quite a few other TCAs in recent memory. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025 Given the mention of pre-release hardware, this could be a very early tease of the handsets weeks before a larger media event. Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 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 26 Jun. 2025.

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