news conference

noun

Examples of news conference in a Sentence

The President will hold a news conference later today.
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At a news conference on Thursday, Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, who publicly opposed the Noriega dictatorship before the US invasion, said his country would not host any US forces that might take part in a military action against Venezuela. Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025 People frequently see journalists in public settings, conducting an interview or asking questions at a news conference. Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025 Investigators were looking at surveillance video to help determine what occurred, Beere said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Nov. 2025 During a news conference on Tuesday, the Slidell Police Department said Carson’s grandmother, Kristen Anders, 55, was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 14 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 21 Nov. 2025.

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