pressroom

noun

press·​room ˈpres-ˌrüm How to pronounce pressroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
: a room in a printing plant containing the printing presses
2
: a room (as at the White House) for the use of members of the press

Examples of pressroom in a Sentence

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Aides to her office and the various Executive Branch secretariats packed the pressroom, where windows were opened to let cold outdoor air in. State House News Service, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026 At the request of the reporters who cover the Panthers, McCaffrey held a conference call beamed into the Panther pressroom on Thursday afternoon. Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 21 Nov. 2025 There’s a modern-day Mercury News and East Bay Times pressroom, one where printers toil late at night to produce ink-on-paper versions of the news for those who prefer to read about current events that way. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 13 June 2025 Part of the kickoff presentation included a video of President Obama watching a FIRST robot roll around his pressroom. IEEE Spectrum, 19 Jan. 2010 See All Example Sentences for pressroom

Word History

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pressroom was in 1683

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“Pressroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressroom. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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