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news conference
noun
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▪ But he is expected to appear at a 2 p. m. news conference today in San Diego with Golding and council members.
▪ In the postgame news conference, somebody asked Harrick if he felt he had been outcoached by Carril.
▪ Moshe Yaalon, the army chief of intelligence, told a news conference.
▪ No one held a news conference to tout this one, and days passed before anyone caught wind of it.
▪ Perkins spoke at a morning news conference in Washington, where the report was released.
▪ The date of his release had only been announced by de Klerk at a news conference on Feb. 10.
Wiktionary
news conference

n. A press conference.

WordNet
news conference

n. a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity [syn: press conference]

Wikipedia
News conference

A news conference or press conference is a media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and, most often, ask questions. A joint press conference instead is held between two or more talking sides.

Usage examples of "news conference".

He did it in a live television news conference the likes of which no one had ever seen before.

A news conference had been scheduled to advise the press on the smooth and skillful evacuation.

Besides, as soon as we tell them about it, that asshole Oglesby is going to be back over here for another news conference.

He said the new interim government is going to hold its first official news conference tonight.

This very news conference had been a part of that elaborate planning, and here were all of the major news services of the world, particularly of the western world, hungry for the story.

As if he were behind a podium facing a hostile news conference, Godsen countered, 'Can you be more specific?

He probably showed up at the bank to conduct a news conference, to announce to the whole world what a loser I am.