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
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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 of publishing from the Web
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Emerson College: Naperville residents Katrina Taylor, a writing, literature and publishing major, and Nikolai Jackowski, a marketing communications major, have been named to the dean's list at Emerson College in Boston for the spring semester.
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Profits have long been narrow or nonexistent in publishing and BookExpo/BookCon is one way to limit costs.
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In 2005, Lauer became Modern Healthcare's editorial director and vice president of publishing.
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WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms.
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But his publishing obligations were becoming excessively consuming, and he was confronted by restrictions on his favorite surfing spot.
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At the center of the scene is a publishing house called Arktos Media.
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McCormack also helped bring One Direction's Harry Styles to Universal for publishing.
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This story was reported by Voice of OC, a nonprofit investigative newsroom, as part of a publishing agreement with TimesOC.
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15th Century
First Known Use of publishing
15th century
PUBLISHING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of publishing for English Language Learners
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: the business of producing books, magazines, etc., to sell to the public
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