Press may refer to:
Media
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Print media
Mass media refers to a diverse array of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place include a variety of outlets.
Broadcast media transmit informatio ...
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news media
The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public. These include news agencies, print media (newspapers, news magazines), broadcast news (radio and television), and ...
, commonly called "the press"
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Printing press
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...
, commonly called "the press"
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Press (newspaper) This is a list of newspapers named the ''Press''.
United States
* ''The Press'', a former name of ''The Press-Enterprise'', Riverside, California
* ''The Ridgefield Press'', Ridgefield, Connecticut, published weekly
* ''The Grand Rapids Press'', Gr ...
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Press TV
Press TV (stylised as PRESSTV) is an Iranian state-owned news network that broadcasts in the English and French languages owned by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the only organization legally able to transmit radio and TV broadc ...
, an Iranian television network
People
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Press (surname)
Press is a surname with two unrelated origins. In England and Wales, it derives from Priest or Price. In Eastern Europe (especially centered around Minsk), it is a Jewish name, likely derived from the Sephardic surname Peres ( Perez, Peretz, Perut ...
, a family name of English and origin
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Press Cruthers
Charles Preston Cruthers (September 8, 1890 – December 27, 1976) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Philadelphia Athletics. Listed at , 152 lb, Cruthers batted and threw right-handed. He was b ...
(1890–1976), American Major League Baseball player
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Press Maravich
Petar "Press" Maravich (August 29, 1915 – April 15, 1987) was an American college and professional basketball coach. He received the nickname "Press" as a boy, when one of his jobs was selling the ''Pittsburgh Press'' on the streets of his homet ...
(1915–1987), American basketball player and coach
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Press Taylor
Sherwood Press Taylor (born January 13, 1988) is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served an assistant coach for the Indianapolis Colts a ...
(born 1988), American football coach
Music
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The Press (band)
The Press are an American Oi! band. Formed in New York City in 1984, the outspoken anti-fascist band were early members of Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice. Vocalist André Schlesinger also supported the views of the British Socialist Workers ...
, a New York City Oi! band
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''Press'' (album), by MU330
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"Press" (Paul McCartney song)
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"Press" (Cardi B song)
Sports and fitness
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Bench press
The bench press, or chest press, is a weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight upwards while lying on a weight training bench. Although the bench press is a full-body exercise, the muscles primarily used are the pectorali ...
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Overhead press, the act of lifting a weight above the head
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Full-court press
A full-court press is a basketball term for a defensive style in which the defense applies pressure to the offensive team the entire length of the court before and after the inbound pass. Pressure may be applied man-to-man, or via a zone press us ...
, a tactic in basketball
Other uses
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Machine press
A forming press, commonly shortened to press, is a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure. The operator of a forming press is known as a press-tool setter, often shortened to tool-setter.
Presses ...
, a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure
* "the Press", colloquial name for
pressgang
Impressment, colloquially "the press" or the "press gang", is the taking of men into a military or naval force by compulsion, with or without notice. European navies of several nations used forced recruitment by various means. The large size of ...
ing, a 17th- to 19th-century Royal Navy method of forced conscription
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''Press'' (TV series), a 2018 BBC One/PBS TV series
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''Press'' (film), a Turkish film
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Press Holdings
Press Holdings and May Corporation Limited are two Jersey-registered holding companies owned by Frederick Barclay, which control the UK holding company Press Acquisitions Limited, which in turn owns the Telegraph Media Group, parent company of '' ...
, a UK holding company
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PRESS statistic In statistics, the predicted residual error sum of squares (PRESS) is a form of cross-validation used in regression analysis to provide a summary measure of the fit of a model to a sample of observations that were not themselves used to estimate t ...
, a statistic in regression analysis
See also
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Pressing (disambiguation)
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