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Media

* Print media or news media, commonly called "the press" * Printing press, commonly called "the press" *
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 ...
, a list of newspapers * Press TV, 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 *
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 bo ...
(1890–1976), American Major League Baseball player * Press Maravich (1915–1987), American basketball player and coach * Press Taylor (born 1988), American football coach


Music

* The Press (band), a New York City Oi! band * ''Press'' (album), by MU330 * "Press" (Paul McCartney song) * "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 overhead press is an upper-body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight overhead while seated or standing. It is mainly used to develop the anterior deltoid muscles of the shoulder. The standing version was once a compone ...
, the act of lifting a weight above the head * Full-court press, a tactic in basketball


Other uses

* Machine press, a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure * "the Press", colloquial name for pressganging, a 17th- to 19th-century Royal Navy method of forced conscription * ''Press'' (TV series), a 2018 BBC One/PBS TV series * ''Press'' (film), a Turkish film * Press Holdings, a UK holding company * PRESS statistic, a statistic in regression analysis


See also

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Pressing (disambiguation) Pressing may refer to: * Pressing (association football), a defensive tactic *Pressing (execution), a method of killing by crushing *Pressing (metalworking), also known as stamping, a manufacturing process *Pressing (wine), the extraction of juic ...
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