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press claims

[/pres kleɪmz/]
noun phrase / verb phrase
reivindicações da imprensa / pressionar por reclamações
1. Claims or demands made by journalists or media outlets, often publicly stated through press releases or media coverage
The newspaper's press claims about government corruption sparked an investigation.
As reivindicações da imprensa sobre corrupção governamental desencadearam uma investigação.
2. To assert or maintain through media channels that something is true or demand something publicly
The activists press claims that the factory violated environmental regulations.
Os ativistas pressionam por reivindicações de que a fábrica violou regulamentações ambientais.
Synonyms
media claimspress statementsjournalistic assertionsnews reports
Antonyms
suppress claimsdeny claimsretract claims

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
reivindicações da imprensa
Standard usage across Brazil
São Paulo
declarações da imprensa
More formal, business-oriented usage
Portugal
alegações da imprensa
Common in European Portuguese media discourse

Related Idioms & Phrases

make a press claim
press claims surface
respond to press claims
deny press claims
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