press avail

noun

Clipped compound of press availability.

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Meanings

nounpress avail (plural press avails)

plural press avails

  1. USgovernmentClipped compound of press availability.

    "There won't be a press avail," she explained briskly about Clinton's first stop at - where else - the Italian Market. "It'll basically be a photo op."

    1992 April 18, Craig R. McCoy, “A Campaign Juggernaut Jaunts Through Phila.”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, page A4

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Shortening of press availability, itself a shortening of "press availability session". First recorded in early 1990s.

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APA

press avail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20avail

MLA

“press avail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20avail. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “press avail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/press%20avail.

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