newsprint
noun
news·print
ˈnüz-ˌprint 
ˈnyüz-
: paper made chiefly from groundwood pulp and used mostly for newspapers
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The boxes are transparent enough to reveal the ERL newsprint wrapping inside, with archival prints from local 1970s Venice Beach underground newspapers.
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Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
In the end, fear of retaliation leads him to drop the slip of newsprint down a memory hole.
—Laura Beers, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
The super deluxe edition is accompanied by a 204-page book, newsprint poster, postcards, stickers and other replica ephemera from the era.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
McGann remembers his grandmother plastering their den in Guilford, Connecticut, with newsprint.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 3 June 2025
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Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
In the end, fear of retaliation leads him to drop the slip of newsprint down a memory hole.
—Laura Beers, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025
The super deluxe edition is accompanied by a 204-page book, newsprint poster, postcards, stickers and other replica ephemera from the era.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
McGann remembers his grandmother plastering their den in Guilford, Connecticut, with newsprint.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 3 June 2025
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“Newsprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsprint. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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newsprint
noun
news·print
ˈn(y)üz-ˌprint
: paper made chiefly from wood pulp and used mostly for newspapers
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