news conference

noun

Examples of news conference in a Sentence

The President will hold a news conference later today.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a news conference at Downey Memorial Christian Church in Downey, California, on July 16, 2025. Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025 Brigham Police Detective Crystal Beck said at a news conference shared by local outlet KSL that the officers stopped answering their radios after calling additional units. Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025 The calm but stern warning came Wednesday during a back-to-school news conference in Baltimore with State Superintendent Carey Wright and State Board of Education President Joshua Michael. William J. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2025 That action in Texas, of course, explains why Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was holding a news conference this month with Texas Democrats who had fled the Lone Star State to try to prevent, well, their own mutually assured destruction. Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for news conference

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of news conference was in 1937

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“News conference.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news%20conference. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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