news conference

noun

Examples of news conference in a Sentence

The President will hold a news conference later today.
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The cockpit voice recorders and the engine and pylon that fell off the airplane’s wing have been moved to a secure facility, where they are being examined, NTSB investigator Todd Inman said during a news conference Friday. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025 The next year, eleven journalists went on to form the White House Correspondents’ Association in response to rumors that the Congressional Standing Committee of Correspondents was planning on selecting which reporters were invited to presidential news conferences. JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2025 Members of the Gilbert family, politicians and Detroit Historical Society leaders remembered Hudson's Department Store and Nick Gilbert's legacy while expressing their excitement over the creation of a new Detroit holiday tradition at a news conference on Thursday afternoon. Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025 National Police Chief Listyo Sigit confirmed in a news conference at the presidential palace in Jakarta that the suspect was one of two students who were undergoing surgery due to suffering serious injuries in the blasts. NPR, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for news conference

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 15 Nov. 2025.

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