as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
a newsy TV program covering the local scene
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Recent Examples of newsy
Welcome to Climate Point, your weekly guide to the newsiest stories about climate, energy and the environment.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
At the same time, Everybody’s Live harkens back to a chattier, looser era—like The Merv Griffin Show, where interviews could run half an hour or longer, or Tom Snyder’s The Tomorrow Show, a newsier hour of talk that aired after Carson’s The Tonight Show for eight years.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 21 Feb. 2025
The paper, which hit newsstands every Thursday and was packed with reviews, event listings, newsy and satirical columns, and both free and paid ads, thrived in print for decades.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
At the same time, Everybody’s Live harkens back to a chattier, looser era—like The Merv Griffin Show, where interviews could run half an hour or longer, or Tom Snyder’s The Tomorrow Show, a newsier hour of talk that aired after Carson’s The Tonight Show for eight years.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 21 Feb. 2025
The paper, which hit newsstands every Thursday and was packed with reviews, event listings, newsy and satirical columns, and both free and paid ads, thrived in print for decades.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsy
Adjective
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But unlike the evolution of colloquial language, which is largely arbitrary, the evolution of scientific terms must reflect our current understanding of reality.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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In a market where there is a colloquial term for consumers who want their spirits bottled at the highest strength possible (proof hounds), this low-strength whiskey is a bold move.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Potential changes were always a gossipy topic in business and finance.—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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Rumors and gossipy trade reports had hinted at all kinds of chaos, from the ankling of department heads to unorthodox behavior on set.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Newsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsy. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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