"press avail" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: press avails [plural]
Etymology: Shortening of press availability, itself a shortening of "press availability session". First recorded in early 1990s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} press avail (plural press avails)
  1. (US, politics, journalism) Clipping of press availability. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: press availability Coordinate_terms: briefing, interview, photo op, press conference, press gaggle, scrum, speech

Inflected forms

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