news agency
noun
: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, periodicals, and newscasters
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He was cited by the national Bernama news agency as saying that the pilgrims were in good condition.
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ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Kim Hjelmgaard At least 101 people were missing and 78 wounded after a submarine attack on an Iranian ship off Sri Lanka's coast, sources in Sri Lanka's navy and defense ministry told the Reuters news agency on March 4.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Tasnim, a semi-official Iranian news agency, reported in January that the nation’s armed forces had received 1,000 drones, though that could not be verified.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
More than 600 Russian employees remain at the plant, Alexey Likhachev, director general of the Russian nuclear agency Rosstom, said yesterday, according to Russian state news agency Tass.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Kim Hjelmgaard At least 101 people were missing and 78 wounded after a submarine attack on an Iranian ship off Sri Lanka's coast, sources in Sri Lanka's navy and defense ministry told the Reuters news agency on March 4.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Tasnim, a semi-official Iranian news agency, reported in January that the nation’s armed forces had received 1,000 drones, though that could not be verified.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
More than 600 Russian employees remain at the plant, Alexey Likhachev, director general of the Russian nuclear agency Rosstom, said yesterday, according to Russian state news agency Tass.
—Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
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“News agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news%20agency. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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