public affairs
plural noun
: the events, activities, etc., that a company does for the public
the director of public affairs
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Aaron Bone, chief of legislation and public affairs at the medical board, pushed back against the notion that the board does not need its own program.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
Interviews with professors became public affairs programs.
—Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security's assistant secretary of public affairs, told NPR's Morning Edition that there will be more deportations ahead.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 May 2025
The Office of the Secretary of Defense's Principles of Information details the Pentagon's guidelines for public affairs.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
Interviews with professors became public affairs programs.
—Josh Shepperd, The Conversation, 2 May 2025
Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security's assistant secretary of public affairs, told NPR's Morning Edition that there will be more deportations ahead.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 May 2025
The Office of the Secretary of Defense's Principles of Information details the Pentagon's guidelines for public affairs.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public affairs
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“Public affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20affairs. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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