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We think the answer is "PRESS" which means:

noun
• • The state of demanding notice or attention
• • The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
• • A machine used for printing
• • A dense crowd of people
• • A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
• • Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
• • Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
• • A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
• • The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
verb
• • Exert pressure or force to or upon
• • Force or impel in an indicated direction
• • To be oppressive or burdensome
• • Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
• • Squeeze or press together
• • Crowd closely
• • Create by pressing
• • Be urgent
• • Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
• • Press from a plastic
• • Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
• • Press and smooth with a heated iron
• • Lift weights
• • Ask for or request earnestly

An example sentence would be:

• • "He used a press to print the newspaper."
• • "She attended a press conference to announce her new initiative."

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