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press avail

press avail noun: clipped compound of press availability.

Noun

press avail (plural press avails)

  1. (US) Clipped 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

Forms of press avail

pluralpress avails

Origin of press avail

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

Questions about press avail

What does press avail mean?
Press avail means clipped compound of press availability.
What part of speech is press avail?
Press avail is a noun.
What is the plural of press avail?
The plural of press avail is press avails.

Words near press avail in the dictionary

  1. press agencies
  2. press agency
  3. press agent
  4. press agents
  5. press ahead
  6. press avail
  7. press availabilities
  8. press availability
  9. press avails
  10. press box
  11. press boxes

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