broadsheet

noun broad·sheet \ -ˌshēt \

|Updated on: 14 May 2018

Definition of broadsheet

1 : broadside 1

2 chiefly British : a newspaper with pages of a size larger than those of a tabloid

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Meanwhile, in Toronto, Canada, hometown of Cosby accuser Andrea Constand, the National Post gave the verdict the biggest play of the city’s three broadsheet newspapers.

— joseph a. gambardello, Philly.com, "Bill Cosby guilty verdict: How the story played around the country," 27 Apr. 2018
Bobby Ghosh, the editor of the Hindustan Times, one of India's premier broadsheets, quit last September shortly after Modi met the owner of the newspaper.

— raju gopalakrishnan, The Christian Science Monitor, "Indian journalists face consequences if critical of Modi's administration," 26 Apr. 2018
This was true even with the panels that prefigured electronic screens, including shoji, as well as mirrors and newspaper broadsheets.

— susan crawford, WIRED, "What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—And Our Ability to See?," 27 Mar. 2018
Handelsblatt said Cryan should step aside, while Germany’s leading broadsheet FAZ said UBS Chairman Axel Weber should replace Achleitner.

— Bloomberg.com, "The Disarray at the Top of Deutsche Bank," 27 Mar. 2018
Reasons for his passing have not been revealed, though British broadsheet The Guardian cites a suspected overdose.

— lars brandle, Billboard, "Lil Peep Dies at 21," 16 Nov. 2017
His New Yorkers still look a lot like their counterparts of 70 years ago, even as fedoras and broadsheets have given way to ballcaps and iPhones.

— the editors, The Cut, "For New York’s 50th Anniversary, Alex Katz Revisits His ‘Subway Drawings’," 16 Oct. 2017
But the august business broadsheet, which Murdoch pried out of the Bancroft family’s cold, dead hands for a whopping $5 billion in 2007, remains one of Murdoch’s most treasured media assets.

— joe pompeo, vanityfair.com, "Are Gerry Baker’s Days Numbered at The Wall Street Journal?," 13 Oct. 2017
Some researchers go even farther and question the approach of the broadsheets.

— conor friedersdorf, The Atlantic, "'Terrorism Is Aimed at the People Watching'," 23 May 2017

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