press office

press office
press office noun
The department of an organization, government ministry, etc, responsible for releasing information concerning its activities to the press
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Main Entry: ↑press

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press office UK US noun [countable] [singular press office plural press offices]
a department of a government or other organization that is responsible for dealing with journalists
Thesaurus: departments in companies and organizationshyponym government departments and public bodieshyponym

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noun, pl ⋯ -fices [count]
: the office of an organization (such as a political party or a government department) that gives information to newspapers, magazines, television news programs, and radio stations

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ˈpress office [press office] noun
the office of a large organization, political party or government department that answers questions from journalists and provides them with information

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The Buckingham Palace press office has denied rumours of another royal divorce.


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