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wire service


wire service

noun

Definition of WIRE SERVICE

: a news agency that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission
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Examples of WIRE SERVICE

  1. The story was reported by several wire services.

First Known Use of WIRE SERVICE

1944

Rhymes with WIRE SERVICE

curb service, debt service, disservice, full-service, in-service, lip service, room service, self-service

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