publishing

noun

pub·lish·ing ˈpə-bli-shiŋ

: 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

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The host, whose popular book club Read with Jenna has helped propel 47 titles to the New York Times best seller list, is launching her own publishing imprint. —

Alex Ross, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025 The set normally retails at US$599 – which is not the cheapest compression boot on the market, but far from the most expensive – and as of publishing, a sale has them at under $479 with free shipping (US). —

New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2025 The book will therefore appear January 14 (following a leak that rocked the publishing world), scarcely a month after Francis’s 88th birthday, under the appropriate if slightly unimaginative title Hope. —

airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025 As of publishing, 180,000 people have been evacuated due to the fires, many of which have yet to be contained. —

Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for publishing

Word History

Etymology

Middle English publisching "act of announcing, public declaration, issuing of copies of a book," from gerund of publisshen "to make known, publish"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of publishing was in the 15th century

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