free press


noun
  1. a body of book publishers, news media, etc., not controlled or restricted by government censorship in political or ideological matters.

Origin of free press

1
First recorded in 1760–70

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How to use free press in a sentence

  • She was to learn other things—that America knew more, through a free press, of war conditions than did England.

    The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • At two o'clock they had disappeared, having accomplished their evil purpose of preventing a "free press" in Alton.

    Historic Adventures | Rupert S. Holland
  • Stanhope maintained that the object of a free press was to check public licentiousness and to expose libellers to odium.

    Byron | Richard Edgcumbe
  • But is the picture identical in all respects to the Detroit free press picture?

    Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • His descriptions of the natural history and botany of the country are very interesting.Detroit free press.

    Wheat and Huckleberries | Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile