publishing

noun

pub·lish·ing | \ ˈpə-bli-shiŋ

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Definition of publishing

: the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art newspaper publishing software publishing

Examples of publishing in a Sentence

He was hoping to get a job in publishing after college. Her sister works for a well-known publishing company.

Recent Examples on the Web Racial disparities in media publishing have left the internet as a singular alternative for Black voices. — Malkia Devich-cyril, Wired, "Banning White Supremacy Isn’t Censorship, It’s Accountability," 31 Jan. 2021 Kaye soon departed Warner Chappell to build yet another publishing company, forming Windswept Pacific in partnership with Sill. — Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, "Publishing Visionary Chuck Kaye, the Force Behind Warner Chappell, Dies at 80," 4 Feb. 2021 Productions, her children's book publishing company focused on Dakota language and culture, will go live online by mid-February. — Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, "Dakota artist Marlena Myles brings Native culture into the future," 28 Jan. 2021 With the help of two assistants, Williams-Jones, who also is a mother of six, manages a nail salon, entrepreneurship consulting firm, popular podcast, rental homes and, soon, a publishing company that will release her new book. — Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit salon owner's key to success: Make a space that feels like home to customers," 10 Jan. 2021 Before joining Romero Games, lead programmer Ronan Pearce, 47, weighed an offer to move abroad to keep his job with a mobile publishing company. — Washington Post, "Why revered developers John and Brenda Romero started a game studio in Ireland," 21 Dec. 2020 In a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday, the videogame publishing company said Netflix illegally recruited Spencer Neumann in late 2018, prompting a contract breach that disrupted business operations. — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, "Activision Blizzard Sues Netflix for Allegedly Poaching Its Former Finance Chief," 4 Dec. 2020 Alone among top prizes, the Goncourt has carried out reforms, in 2008, that barred jurors from working at a publishing company and created a mandatory retirement age of 80. — New York Times, "France’s Major Literary Juries Award Prizes in a Year of Scandal," 30 Nov. 2020 They are overlooked for not fitting into the publishing industry’s narrow definition of Latinidad. — Yara Simón, refinery29.com, "10 Books By Latinx Authors We Can’t Wait To Read In 2021," 20 Jan. 2021

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27 Feb 2021

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“Publishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/publishing. Accessed 8 Mar. 2021.

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publishing

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English Language Learners Definition of publishing

: the business of producing books, magazines, etc., to sell to the public

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