press corps
noun
: a group of news reporters who are located in a particular place or who follow a particular person
the White House press corps
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Her good friend Joe Mazzulla, the Boston Celtics’ coach, did something similar to the beat writers there, crushing an unsuspecting press corps 57-4 in just 12 minutes in October.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Well, there's not a full Pentagon press corps even present at the Pentagon these days for a news conference like that without getting special permission to be on the premises right now.
—CBS News, 17 May 2026
Saturday’s shooting rocked attendees of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, an annual event attended by the Washington press corps, presidential administration staffers and celebrities.
—Garrett Haake, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
The president, the vice president, the speaker of the House, the presidential line of succession, all in the same room, surrounded by hundreds more members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, the Washington press corps.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Well, there's not a full Pentagon press corps even present at the Pentagon these days for a news conference like that without getting special permission to be on the premises right now.
—CBS News, 17 May 2026
Saturday’s shooting rocked attendees of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, an annual event attended by the Washington press corps, presidential administration staffers and celebrities.
—Garrett Haake, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
The president, the vice president, the speaker of the House, the presidential line of succession, all in the same room, surrounded by hundreds more members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, the Washington press corps.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Press corps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/press%20corps. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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