news conference

noun

Examples of news conference in a Sentence

The President will hold a news conference later today.
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The game marked Dallas’ fourth-straight loss, tying a season-high, which boiled over to Kidd’s postgame news conference. Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026 International Olympic Committee officials, including President Kirsty Coventry, couldn’t avoid questions relating to ICE and the Jeffrey Epstein files at a news conference in Milan, Italy, on Sunday. Daniella Matar, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026 Atkinson ripped the officials in a postgame news conference. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026 Miles said after attending a Nashville Electric Service news conference intended to showcase the utility’s repairs on poles and lines. Kristin M. Hall, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026 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 3 Feb. 2026.

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