Fourth Estate
Example Sentences
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She published the book through Fourth Estate, then an imprint of HarperCollins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The news media and free press are supposed to function as the Fourth Estate and the guardians of democracy.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
His film envisions the Fourth Estate as a check on extremism and authoritarianism.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
It’s an open-and-shut case of bias by omission from the Fourth Estate: If you don’t see it and can’t read it, it doesn’t exist.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 4, 2023
And on moon-less nights, I stayed awake thinking about the burden of the Fourth Estate, lying face down on my leased estate.
From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various