press corps
noun
: a group of news reporters who are located in a particular place or who follow a particular person
the White House press corps
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The Pentagon sent a memo describing the new measures to its in-house press corps late Friday afternoon as a part of new security requirements.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
Longtime Pentagon press corps members and press freedom groups roundly condemned the move, characterizing it as an alarming shift away from decades of precedent set by previous administrations.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
Getty Images As California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) builds his national profile in advance of a 2028 presidential bid, successfully so according to recent polling, he is aided by a state press corps that glosses over some of the less appealing aspects of his record.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Lanthimos and his cast and crew (including cinematographer Robbie Ryan) took questions from the Venice press corps afterward.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
Longtime Pentagon press corps members and press freedom groups roundly condemned the move, characterizing it as an alarming shift away from decades of precedent set by previous administrations.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
Getty Images As California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) builds his national profile in advance of a 2028 presidential bid, successfully so according to recent polling, he is aided by a state press corps that glosses over some of the less appealing aspects of his record.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Lanthimos and his cast and crew (including cinematographer Robbie Ryan) took questions from the Venice press corps afterward.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Press corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20corps. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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