publishing
noun
pub·lish·ing
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Definition of publishing
: the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art
newspaper publishing software publishing
Examples of publishing in a Sentence
He was hoping to get a job in publishing after college.
Her sister works for a well-known publishing company.
Recent Examples on the Web
Together, the clips had fewer than 500 views in total at the time of publishing. — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "TikTok’s parent company appears to be censoring the Hong Kong protests," 14 Aug. 2019 Music publishing is a natural next step for us given that our work across film, television, concerts and festivals enables us to offer incredible opportunities to songwriters. — Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, "Blackbird Music Publishing Group Names Lance Freed President, Acquires Burt Bacharach Admin Rights," 29 July 2019 Who knew publishing was full of so many Calvino haters. — Tobias Carroll, Longreads, "‘I Surprise Myself With This Refusal To Let Go’: Kate Zambreno on the ‘Ghostly Correspondence’," 25 July 2019 The publishing of the book probably would’ve been St. Onge’s idea. — Alyssa Lukpat, BostonGlobe.com, "Buzz Aldrin took a tiny book on his historic voyage to the moon. Here’s the backstory," 16 July 2019 Before his disappearance, his father was a book editor who ran his own publishing company in Xinjiang’s capital, Urumqi. — Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, "‘They want to erase us.’ California Uighurs fear for family members in China," 9 Aug. 2019 One of the more jarring incidents was the publishing of an Instagram post by an unidentified person. — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Southwestern College confronts racial tensions on campus," 8 July 2019 Sanjeewa Samarasinghe, a 51-year-old father of three, began working as a marketing manager at a publishing company in June, after a long stint without a job. — Washington Post, "Easter Day attacks imperil Sri Lanka economic recovery," 29 July 2019 The keys unearthed can be returned to a newer publishing company in exchange for a gemstone worth about $1,000. — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, "Is there buried treasure in De Leon Springs State Park? Two Central Florida men believe so," 23 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'publishing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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publishing
noun
English Language Learners Definition of publishing
: the business of producing books, magazines, etc., to sell to the public
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