news·pa·per
ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər 
ˈnyüz-,
ˈn(y)üs-
1
: a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising
2
: an organization that publishes a newspaper
3
: the paper of a newspaper : newsprint
newspapered; newspapering; newspapers
: to do newspaper work
Examples of newspaper in a Sentence
Noun
He used some newspaper to get the fire started.
She worked for the newspaper for 20 years.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
Nancy is Editor in Chief of the Hawkins High school newspaper.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
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
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Noun
The August 2023 raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper and its owner’s home drew national headlines and was roundly criticized as an attack on press freedom.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
Nancy is Editor in Chief of the Hawkins High school newspaper.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Verb
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
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“Newspaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspaper. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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