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PRESS RELEASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does press release mean?
• PRESS RELEASE (noun)
The noun PRESS RELEASE has 1 sense:
1. an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Familiarity information: PRESS RELEASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
handout; press release; release
Hypernyms ("press release" is a kind of...):
announcement; promulgation (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)
Context examples
On the same day, the Hirtenberger Defence Group issued a corresponding press release.
(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)
Normally, chicken feed is prepared as a corn-soybean mixture, the authors said in a press release, but the mixture lacks methionine.
(US Researchers Genetically Modify Corn to Boost Nutritional Value, VOA News)
"Our results suggest that changing the timing of when you eat in relation to when you exercise can bring about profound and positive changes to your overall health," Gonzalez said in a press release.
(Exercise before Breakfast Burns More Fat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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