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How to Use "Press" with Example Sentences
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press
(n):
newspapers or magazines; a machine for printing newspapers or magazines
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Used with verbs:
"
The
press
is censored
by the government.
"
(be + censored, be + controlled, be + regulated)
"
Did you
alert
the
press
?
"
(alert, tell, meet)
"
The
press
covered
the incident all day.
"
(covered, reported on, mentioned)
"
That actor
gets
a lot of bad
press
.
"
(gets, has, receives)
"
The newspaper
goes to
press
in the early morning.
"
(goes to)
Used with nouns:
"
Did you see the
press
release
?
"
(release, statement)
"
He spoke at the
press
conference
.
"
(conference, briefing)
"
There has been a lot of
press
coverage
.
"
(coverage)
"
The
press
report
was short.
"
(report)
"
He invited the
press
corps
.
"
(corps, agency, reporter)
Used with adjectives:
"
This country has
free
press
.
"
(free)
"
The
foreign
press
covered the incident.
"
(foreign, local, national, international, mainstream)
"
The
printing
press
was a great invention.
"
(printing)
Used with prepositions:
"
I read about him
in
the
press
.
"
(in)
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press
(v):
to push; to persuade; to iron
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Used with nouns:
"
I
pressed
his
shirts
.
"
(shirts, pants)
"
He
pressed
the
button
.
"
(button, buzzer, doorbell, intercom)
"
Don't
press
your
luck
.
"
(luck)
Used with adverbs:
"
They were
pressed
closely
together.
"
(closely, close)
"
She
pressed
her hands
gently
on his shoulder.
"
(gently, lightly, softly)
"
You have to
press
the doorbell
hard
.
"
(hard, firmly)
"
Press
down
on the gas pedal.
"
(down)
"
He
pressed
his hands
together
.
"
(together)
"
She
neatly
pressed
his shirts.
"
(neatly)
Used with prepositions:
"
She
pressed
for
another try.
"
(for)
"
He
pressed
his body
against
the door.
"
(against, on)
"
She
pressed
her hands
into
the wet clay.
"
(into)
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