press secretary

noun

: a person officially in charge of press relations for a usually prominent public figure

Examples of press secretary in a Sentence

the White House press secretary
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His press secretary, Kayla Mamelak Altus, got into a spat on X with reporter Katie Honan on Thursday. Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025 Also Friday morning in Washington, Biden White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was giving a deposition in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into former President Biden’s fitness for office. The Hill, 13 Sep. 2025 The policy shift, initially reported by Bloomberg News, was confirmed by NASA press secretary Bethany Stevens on Wednesday, September 10. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025 The White House would agree to an analysis of the signature on the card, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for press secretary

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of press secretary was in 1945

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“Press secretary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20secretary. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

press secretary

noun
: a person in charge of relations with the press for a public figure
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