pressroom
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈprɛsˌrum/
- Literature
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sala de prensa
- Across the driveway from the red brick fortress prison that protects the execution chamber is the administration building and pressroom.
Examples
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After the event, journalists hurried to the pressroom to prepare their articles for publication.
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This is the pressroom, isn't it?
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A few reporters were milling about the open door of the pressroom, but everybody else was at stations, watching the trial.
Fiction book (2001) -
This is the pressroom.
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Lyle dials into a conference call from his cubicle in the pressroom and tells our editor, Amy Howe, what has happened.
Blog text (24) -
The reporters gathered in the pressroom to discuss the latest updates on the election.
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In the pressroom, the atmosphere was tense as reporters awaited the announcement from the spokesperson.
Synonyms
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2.9
An office where reporters gather, write, and edit news before broadcast or publication
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6.6
The part of a newspaper office where reporters and editors prepare local news
How Busy
- Literature
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3.2
- Literature
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3.5
- Literature
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3.4
∞
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pressroom is made of press and room. The part press comes from the old printing machine that 'pressed' ink onto paper and later came to mean 'the news media', so a pressroom is the room where journalists of the press work.