Embargo

How it is used

Common with scientific studies, company results, official reports and speeches. A press release is embargoed until a time; journalists respect, break or lift an embargo. Breaking one can mean losing access to future releases.

Example sentences

1. The study is under embargo until Wednesday at 00:01, so prepare the story but don't publish it.

2. One website broke the embargo and published the results an hour early.

Common collocations

• under embargo
• embargoed until
• break an embargo
• lift an embargo
• respect an embargo

Related terms

• press releaseAn official written announcement that a company, institution or person sends to journalists to share news and encourage them to report it.
• statementAn official announcement, written or spoken, in which a person or organisation gives information or their position on something.
• scoopAn important or exciting story that one journalist or outlet publishes before any of its competitors; as a verb, to beat rivals to a story.
• deadlineThe latest time by which a story, photo or programme item must be finished and handed in so that it can be published or broadcast.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• embargo · International Trade
• embargo · International Relations & Diplomacy

More terms: News Gathering and Sources

• source
• press conference
• news agency
• anonymous source
• tip-off
• press pass
• eyewitness
• spokesperson