pressroom

noun

press·​room ˈpres-ˌrüm How to pronounce pressroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
: a room in a printing plant containing the printing presses
2
: a room (as at the White House) for the use of members of the press

Examples of pressroom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His story is a familiar one: a pressroom of multigenerational employees banking on good benefits, good income and challenging work. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024 Her golden performance gown adorned with jewels and an angel crown, and her fiery red dress in the pressroom post-win will forever stay ingrained in our memory. Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 21 Aug. 2023 The press followed up with an explosion of superlatives and a succession of more photographs back in the club pressroom. Sally H. Jacobs, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2023 This echoed his previous public comments about his pressroom dust-ups. Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 8 July 2023 Cleared of appendicitis and kidney stones and given painkillers by the doctors, Saindon decided to attend the Oscars, but went back to the hospital in pain after his pressroom interview. Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023 Kaye later said he had been caught unprepared when Nixon walked into the pressroom on Nov. 7, 1962, and ended up jotting his notes of the speech on the only writing surface at hand, his checkbook. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022 Grubman spoke on Mellencamp’s remarks backstage in the pressroom at Microsoft Theater. cleveland, 6 Nov. 2022 For most of President Joe Biden’s tenure, Fox News’s Peter Doocy has played the role of pressroom scourge. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of pressroom was in 1683

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“Pressroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressroom. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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