press agency
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4.0
- noun
- /prɛs ˈeɪdʒənsi/
- Literature
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agencia de prensa
- " We believe that our safety lies in the fact that we function publicly, and that if any of us is arrested, the news of our arrest will be broadcast immediately by Radio Marti," said Raul Rivero, president of Cuba Press, one of several independent press agencies that have been created in less than a year.
- French press agency
- official press agency
- press agency says
Examples
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I'd pick up these supper items on my way home from my job with a press agency whose clients were dance and concert artists.
Fiction book (1995) -
"The play was to break down barriers between people, but it turns out that it only creates them," the state press agency PAP quoted camp museum director Edward Balawejder as saying.
Blog text (33) -
Of these, 86 are independent libraries, 29 are independent press agencies, 107 are groups engaged directly in some type of political activity, and 61 are labor groups, think tanks, or civic institutions.
Academic text (2006) -
22:35 CET: According to the press agency Kyodo, the cooling process of Dai-Ichi reactor no. 2 at Fukushima, which resumed Tuesday morning (Japan time), doesn't seem to work.
Blog text (20) -
The local press agency published an article about the upcoming city council elections.
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A leading press agency announced the results of the national survey on public opinion.
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The press agency distributed breaking news to numerous television stations across the country.
Synonyms
69
2.7
A company or group that finds and shares reports about events with the public
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2.5
An organization that gathers news and sends it to newspapers and TV stations
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3.9
A company that collects news and sends it to newspapers or TV stations
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5.6
A service that sends news to newspapers, television, and websites, or a news report sent by it
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3.9
An organization that gathers and sends news to newspapers and other media
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organization that collects and distributes news' is directly derivable from combining 'press' (journalists, newspapers) with 'agency' (a firm or organization that provides services). This simple noun+noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Press agency comes from the old printing press and the idea of an agency that works for many newspapers. Reporters collected stories and the agency sent them to many papers, so today a press agency means an organization that collects and sends 'news' to newspapers and other media.