tab·loid
ˈta-ˌblȯid 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling tabloids
especially
: featuring stories of violence, crime, or scandal presented in a sensational manner
tabloid television
2
: compressed or condensed into small scope
tabloid criticism
Examples of tabloid in a Sentence
Noun
She is used to seeing her name in the tabloids.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Back then, his face was on gigantic billboards, his adolescent dreams of rock stardom were reanimated by his acting celebrity, and the tabloids (plus South Park) were covering his public fisticuffs and affair with Meg Ryan.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Emma Sandler, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
That includes avoiding being seen in public so that his personal life doesn’t become tabloid fodder.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Henry’s latest swoony rom-com follows two journalists, each competing to ghostwrite the memoir of a former tabloid star.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Back then, his face was on gigantic billboards, his adolescent dreams of rock stardom were reanimated by his acting celebrity, and the tabloids (plus South Park) were covering his public fisticuffs and affair with Meg Ryan.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
The tabloid media, on the other hand, is not so precise in its verbiage.
—Emma Sandler, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
That includes avoiding being seen in public so that his personal life doesn’t become tabloid fodder.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tabloid
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“Tabloid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabloid. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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