media event

noun

: a publicity event staged for coverage by the news media

Examples of media event in a Sentence

The President's visit to the school was a major media event.
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The media event was being held to discuss the department’s new 24/72 shift schedule, a first in Texas. Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025 What To Know Speaking as part of an Oval Office media event for the signing of executive orders, Trump repeated the idea to rename the DOD to its old title, last used in 1947. Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025 Inside Sorrelina at the media event Thursday, Michael Speagle, president and COO of GDL Cucina, the parent company of Giada Restaurants, proudly showed off his rotating Marra Forni brick oven, which heats up to 650 degrees and cooks pizza in 90 seconds. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 She was known as the famously reluctant bride of the Gilded Age who, despite her nuptials being the media event of a generation, did not go gently into matrimony. Kristina Webb, USA Today, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for media event

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of media event was in 1972

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“Media event.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/media%20event. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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