newspaper

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noun

news·​pa·​per ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər 

ˈnyüz-, 

ˈn(y)üs-

1

: a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising

2

: an organization that publishes a newspaper

3

: the paper of a newspaper : newsprint

newspaper

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verb

newspapered; newspapering; newspapers

intransitive verb

: to do newspaper work

Synonyms of newspaper

Noun

• periodical
• magazine
• journal
• book
• paper
• gazette
• bulletin
• organ

Examples of newspaper in a Sentence

Noun

He used some newspaper to get the fire started.

She worked for the newspaper for 20 years.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

An opinion piece in the Saudi Arabia’s Asharq al-Awsat newspaper this week suggested that Iran’s circumstances may have forced it to take a confrontational regional posture and asked whether it can be moderated through diplomacy. — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 24 June 2026

The New York Times story, which cited internal documents that the newspaper obtained, said a warehouse in Salt Lake City is among those that federal immigration officials plan to hand off or sell. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 24 June 2026

Verb

My friend David Carr, who died in 2015, had a line about newspapering that’s true of cooking as well. — Sam Sifton, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2020

What trends online, even if artificially driven, helps influence everything from what stories newspaper reporters pursue to which guests radio show producers book. — P.w. Singer, Time, 19 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1800, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for newspaper

• notepaper
• sandpaper
• skyscraper
• wallpaper
• wastepaper
• caper
• paper
• raper
• scraper
• shaper
• taper
• vapor

Kids Definition

newspaper

noun

news·​pa·​per

ˈn(y)üz-ˌpā-pər, 

ˈn(y)üs-

: a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising