How to Use public relations in a Sentence

public relations

noun
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  • For now, the unions and the studios are engaged in a public relations battle.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2023
  • As some of the dust settled, SVB’s new regime had a public relations battle to win.
    — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
  • In the world of public relations, salespeople are a dime a dozen.
    — Nancy Marshall, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • The home page can be a nice public relations page to introduce the HOA to non-members.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Prince Charles was close to him and sought his public relations advice.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • But are public relations all that matter on the other side of the question?
    — Barry Bauling, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
  • As a celebrity spokesman, Walker was part of the public relations blitz.
    — Brian Slodysko, ajc, 21 May 2022
  • And so there’s a bit of a, of a public relations battle to get people to understand.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Cooper called it a big public relations show for the party.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • He could be seen apologizing to the Browns public relations staff for the delay.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Kay served as the team’s public relations contact on many road trips, and the trip to Texas was his first since returning from rehab.
    — Schuyler Dixon, ajc, 11 Oct. 2022
  • By the end of the season, Keeley declines a trip with Roy in order to get her public relations company off the ground.
    — Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Williams joined the Pistons in November 2020 and was a key member of their public relations team.
    — Detroit Free Press, 27 Sep. 2022
  • As her public relations career took off, her mental health took a nose dive.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Their lawyer is Tony Buzbee, who has been waging a public relations campaign to strengthen their case.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 14 June 2022
  • While a gig in public relations technically brought Strange to D.C., his deeply ingrained love of musical acts who thrived in the area set his sights on the city in the first place.
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Jason Elzy, the head of public relations for Rhino Records, the label that represents the Monkees, said the cause was heart failure.
    — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The end of 2024 has been rough for the organization from a public relations standpoint.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The Yeezy line of footwear has been a bright spot for its fashion line, so the rapper’s anti-Semitic comments have been a public relations disaster.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Robles Bahrin was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, moving to Langkawi to open a hotel and restaurant after a 20-year-long career in public relations.
    — Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
  • With a background in public relations, Saviano approached the Globe with his evidence in 1998, but the paper passed on the story.
    — Matt Schudel, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Doggett’s father John Smith worked at the Palladium-Item for 40 years in the composing room and public relations.
    — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Ice storms in 2011 turned into a public relations disaster for the Metroplex.
    — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Embiid then pushed Hayes on the shoulder and the team’s public relations chief got in between them, AP reported.
    — Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • At the time, she was brought out as a multi-talented beauty queen from British Columbia who was working in public relations and had a love for the arts and the outdoors.
    — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Paige Bennett, 26, works in public relations and lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.
    — Paige Bennett, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Rarely is the business of celebrity public relations so exposed.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Those figures do not include money spent on public relations campaigns and at the state level.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • University leadership meets with house staff at least monthly and involves them in decisions, said Mark Couch, associate dean of public relations for the School of Medicine.
    — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Through the text messages, emails and legal filings, the case opens an enormous insight into Hollywood and the connection between film studios and public relations experts.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025

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