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 showcase news conference at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday, a sizzle reel touted the Álvarez-Crawford bout as an existential moment for the sport. Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025 Speaking during his postgame news conference last year, Pittman said the Ole Miss offense might have had tipoffs on what Arkansas was doing defensively, which could have been through alignments, adjustments or signaling. Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025 In a news conference at the Terespol-Brest border crossing, Polish Minister of the Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwinski announced that traffic had been closed as of midnight Thursday on the Polish-Belarusian border until further notice. Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 Local immigration activists at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights suggested at a news conference called in response to the fatal shooting that the actual number of people arrested by immigration agents was higher than what had been shared publicly. Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.

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