Do you make remarks "at" a press briefing?

Andrew Van WagnerMember

Or "in" a press briefing?

Austin made these remarks at a 25 April 2022 press briefing.

3/8/237:10 AM

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David, ModeratorModerator

Hi, Andrew—I think that both "at" and "in" are viable there, though I prefer "at." Let's see whether my sense here is in alignment with the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Yes, it is:

"at a press briefing": 52
"in a press briefing": 19

3/8/232:49 PM

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Andrew Van WagnerMember

Thanks! Would COCA let me search something like "government-in-exile" in order to see hyphenation preferences?

3/8/233:43 PM

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