press release
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2.5
- noun
- /prɛs rɪˈliːs/
- Literature
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comunicado de prensa
- The company issued a press release to announce their new product launch.
- issue a press release
- news and press releases
- post a press release
We put out a press release and the press release has an image, my image on it.
- We put out a press release and the press release has an image, my image on it.
- There's like two dozen press releases each week.
- So they just go one day at a time with new press releases of new products.
- This is going to be bigger than even our grandest press releases could have predicted.
- Most of these science websites just repeat press releases.
- It wasn't the worst for literally repeating the information in a Pfizer press release about its own science.
- Oh, Oh my God, Like this has to be one of the swishest press releases I've ever received.
- These earnings calls and these press releases, they're boring, they're complex, they lack quick insight.
- That'll change because now ChatGPT can write a bad first draft of a press release.
- Is that the press release, the quote from a lead researcher, or the paper?
- They're like, all right, I don't want you to join my board, but can you read this press release and tell me is it good or not?
- You can't keep redesigning your system to focus on some press release or maybe if they ever have a real product.
- They put out a press release saying we're no longer the home of Kill Tony.
- The spokesperson noted that the August press release simply confirmed an earlier timeline announcement.
Examples
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The Salvation Army Community Relations Director sent out a press release and posted information on the organization's Facebook page.
Academic text (2012) -
Government agencies, major universities, and large companies post their press releases on their own websites.
Academic text (2008) -
What year did that press release come out?
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I got those with a press release about six years ago.
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And in their press release, this is what they say.
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We put out a press release and the press release has an image, my image on it.
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We'll talk and then work on a press release.
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What about the press release?
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Some sites allow you to sign up to receive press releases by email.
Academic text (2008) -
Additionally, keep a steady stream of press releases coming toward local newspapers, TV, and radio.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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1.5
A public statement that gives important information
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2.9
An announcement, product, or statement made available to the public
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3.7
A formal public statement made by a person or agreed by a group
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1.0
A written message giving information to people
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5.5
An official public announcement by a government or leader that tells people something important
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7.2
A statement that a person in power announces to the public
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7.3
An official statement from a government or organization to the public
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3.2
A printed statement journalists receive at a press event to provide official information
How Official
- Formal
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5.5
- Literature
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2.5
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official announcement given to the media' is directly derivable from combining 'press' (the media/journalists) with 'release' (an announcement/publication). This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., comunicado de prensa, communiqué de presse) and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The compound noun press release comes from the world of newspapers: press was the printing machine or the people who worked for newspapers, and release meant 'to send out'. So a press release was a message sent to newspapers and now means 'an official announcement' given 'to the media'.