Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, journalism, media, politics
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noun
A noisy crowd of journalists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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History
By analogy with a gaggle of goose. First recorded in the briefing sense in the early 2000s.
