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news conference

noun

Examples of news conference in a Sentence

The President will hold a news conference later today.
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Hundreds of officers deployed to search for remains found no further bodies but rescued three cats and a turtle, police officials told a news conference. Jessie Pang, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025 Milwaukee attorney William Sulton joined members of the Milwaukee and Waukesha NAACP chapters at a news conference Friday afternoon calling for an independent review of the circumstances surrounding Medley's death. Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 28 Nov. 2025 Pirro identified the guard members at a news conference as Beckstrom and Wolfe. Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025 The pair were known to each other, Police Chief Inspector Timothy Bayly told a news conference. Reuters, NBC news, 27 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 2 Dec. 2025.

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