newspaper

verb

newspapered; newspapering; newspapers
Synonyms of newspapernext

intransitive verb

: to do newspaper work

Examples of newspaper in a Sentence

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My friend David Carr, who died in 2015, had a line about newspapering that’s true of cooking as well. Sam Sifton, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2020 What trends online, even if artificially driven, helps influence everything from what stories newspaper reporters pursue to which guests radio show producers book. P.w. Singer, Time, 19 Oct. 2019 This may seem like an ironic gift for a man who newspaper publishers once railed against as the destroyer of classified ads, a high-margin pillar in broadsheet and tabloid profits. Glenn Fleishman, Fortune, 11 June 2018 The old Hollywood’s history of infatuation with newspapering met the new Hollywood’s detestation of Nixon. Mark Feeney, Slate Magazine, 14 June 2017 See All Example Sentences for newspaper

Word History

First Known Use

1800, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of newspaper was in 1800

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“Newspaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspaper. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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newspaper

noun
news·​pa·​per
ˈn(y)üz-ˌpā-pər
ˈn(y)üs-
: a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising
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