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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Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Richard kept newspaper clippings about their abductions in a locker in his apartment, and authorities later found both fingerprint and DNA evidence connecting him to the crimes, The Washington Post reported.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 24 June 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
Brett had rediscovered the old newspaper article while going through some things at home.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Richard kept newspaper clippings about their abductions in a locker in his apartment, and authorities later found both fingerprint and DNA evidence connecting him to the crimes, The Washington Post reported.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 24 June 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 4 Jul. 2025.
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