newspaper

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noun

news·​pa·​per ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər How to pronounce newspaper (audio)
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

newspaper

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verb

newspapered; newspapering; newspapers

intransitive verb

: 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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Noun
In an interview with U.K. newspaper The Independent, the actress, 34, discussed her firing from the upcoming Scream VII back in November due to her social media posts about the Israel-Hamas war. Becca Longmire, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024 Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper. USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
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 See all Example Sentences for newspaper 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1800, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of newspaper was in 1670

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“Newspaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspaper. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

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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