(a.) Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
(a.) Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
(a.) Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.
(n.) The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.
(n.) A public house; an inn.
Example Sentences:
(1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
(2) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
(3) Biden will meet with representatives from six gun groups on Thursday, including the NRA and the Independent Firearms Owners Association, which are both publicly opposed to stricter gun-control laws.
(4) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
(5) I said: ‘Apologies for doing this publicly, but I did try to get a meeting with you, and I couldn’t even get a reply.’ And then I had a massive go at him – about everything really, from poverty to uni fees to NHS waiting times.” She giggles again.
(6) The prospectus revealed he has an agreement with Dorsey to vote his shares, which expires when the company goes public in November.
(7) Whittingdale also defended the right of MPs to use privilege to speak out on public interest matters.
(8) 8.47pm: Cameron says he believes Britain's best days lie ahead and that he believes in public service.
(9) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(10) A key way of regaining public trust will be reforming the system of remuneration as agreed by the G20.
(11) The last 10 years have seen increasing use of telephone surveys in public health research.
(12) They have actively intervened with governments, and particularly so in Africa.” José Luis Castro, president and chief executive officer of Vital Strategies, an organisation that promotes public health in developing countries, said: “The danger of tobacco is not an old story; it is the present.
(13) Neal’s evidence to the committee said Future Fund staff were not subject to the public service bargaining framework, which links any pay rise to productivity increases and caps rises at 1.5%.
(14) Fringe 2009 also welcomes back Aussie standup Jim Jeffries , whose jokes include: "Women to me are like public toilets.
(15) The fall of a tyrant is usually the cause of popular rejoicing followed by public vengeance.
(16) True, Syria subsequently disarmed itself of chemical weapons, but this was after the climbdown on bombing had shown western public opinion had no appetite for another war of choice.
(17) This is not an argument for the status quo: teaching must be given greater priority within HE, but the flipside has to be an understanding on the part of students, ministers, officials, the public and the media that academics (just like politicians) cannot make everyone happy all of the time.
(18) Eighty people, including the outspoken journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk from the Nation newspaper and the former education minister Chaturon Chaisaeng, who was publicly arrested on Tuesday, remain in detention.
(19) Chris Jefferies, who has been arrested in connection with the murder of landscape architect Joanna Yeates , was known as a flamboyant English teacher at Clifton College, a co-ed public school.
(20) They derive from publications of the National Insurance Institute for Occupational Accidents (INAIL) and refer to the Italian and Umbrian situation.
Publicist
Definition:
(n.) A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The man behind the hamster story was the British publicist Max Clifford, the disgraced PR guru who was convicted in May of eight counts of indecent assaults on four women.
(2) On Sunday, Leslee Dart, a publicist for Allen, 78, said: Mr Allen has read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful.
(3) These included the actor Sienna Miller, the former Labour culture secretary Tessa Jowell, the football agent Sky Andrew and the publicist Nicola Phillips.
(4) He talks quietly, often in short sentences, and when he points to a picture of Boris Johnson in his paper and calls him a "self-publicist", I get the impression that is the worst thing you could say about anyone in Enfield's eyes.
(5) Gerard Franklin, the publicist for Duran Duran, said: "Duran Duran values its many loyal fans around the world and feels compelled to correct the media's mischaracterisation of its lawsuit against Worldwide Fan Clubs Inc.
(6) As things got a little provocative and exciting, he said, ‘I’m throwing out the show I wrote and writing a new show.’” Chris Rock will remain Oscars host and plans to address white-only race row Read more However, in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter , Rock’s publicist Leslie Sloane flatly contradicted the claims.
(7) Recent reports suggested that Depp had left the set of the fifth Pirates movie to be with them but his publicist has since denied this .
(8) It’s unclear that anyone was really helped by the Born this Way Foundation other than lawyers, consultants, publicists and travel agents,” he wrote.
(9) Aisikaier, hailed as the Prince by his publicist, is Uighur, a predominantly Muslim ethnic group from Xinjiang in China's far north-west.
(10) The celebrity publicist has begun a legal action seeking to prove that the Sunday newspaper unlawfully intercepted messages on his mobile phone.
(11) He was the greatest part-publicist, part entertainer.
(12) *** The day Lucía was due to swear Pepe in as president, his publicist Pancho Vernazza had arranged to meet him at 8am to go over the speech.
(13) When the book comes out I’ve told the publicist: I don’t want this guy on television, some Jesus freak will blow him up.” In the event, when the New Yorker piece came out some people threw eggs at Foos’s house, but so far that has been it.
(14) In January, prominent music publicist Heathcliff Berru stepped down from the firm he founded after Amber Coffman, from the band the Dirty Projectors, accused him of sexual harassment in a series of tweets and a number of other women shared similar stories.
(15) The publicist said Taylor's children were at her side at the time of her death.
(16) I feel the glare of the publicist behind me, but Reynolds smiles: "To really let go like that 26 times in a row was tough.
(17) Grimmie died at the hospital, her publicist Heather Weiss confirmed.
(18) He chuckled and found a space in which to conduct the interview, done under the eyes of a circle of fans, a couple of ready-to-pounce photographers and his publicist, who helped out when he couldn't quite express what he was trying to say in his extremely impressive English.
(19) The publicist brokered the selling of a story by Sally Anderson, an estate agent who claimed to have had a relationship with the MP.
(20) Where a million starlets, waitresses, publicists and barmaids were sprawled around the hot tub.