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the Press Association
noun (abbreviation PA)Definition
› an organization that supplies news reports to newspapers, magazines, and broadcasting and internet companiesThe press and news reporting
(Definition of the Press Association noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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