public affairs

plural noun

: the events, activities, etc., that a company does for the public
the director of public affairs

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Tom Debley is a retired East Bay journalist and public affairs officer. — Tom Debley, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 Marc Adelman is the founder of Adelmania Consulting, a strategic communications and public affairs firm. — Marc Adelman, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026 Fifty years ago, during the bicentennial, Ellis was a public affairs graduate student at the University of Texas in Austin. — Susan Bence, NPR, 4 July 2026 At the time of his death, Willie was the executive director of KRA Group, a public affairs consultancy based in Kuala Lumpur. — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for public affairs

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“Public affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20affairs. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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