news agency

noun

: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, periodicals, and newscasters

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Belarus state news agency Belta posted footage of Polish personnel stringing concertina wire and putting up barriers overnight. Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 Belarus' state news agency Belta said the prisoners freed on Thursday included 14 foreign nationals from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, France, Britain and Germany. Andrius Sytas, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025 The discovery, found in the ancient city of Laodicea, was reported by Anadolu Agency, Turkey's news agency, in August. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Veronika Skvortsova, head of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA), made the announcement on Saturday at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, according to a report by Russian news agency TASS. Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for news agency

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of news agency was in 1873

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“News agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news%20agency. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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news agency

noun
: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, magazines, and newscasters

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