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Definition of newspaper
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
From the M-W Editors
Examples of newspaper in a Sentence
He used some newspaper to get the fire started.
She worked for the newspaper for 20 years.
Recent Examples of newspaper from the Web
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Political maneuvering Steve Flowers, an author whose weekly column appears in over 60 Alabama newspapers, said that nixing the August recess will have little impact on Strange and his campaign strategy.
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Lori Hayden was the daughter of Skowhegan selectwoman Darla Pickett and the sister of Skowhegan’s finance and human resources director, Trisha Austin, the Morning Sentinel newspaper reported.
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A special section previewing the San Diego Festival of Books will come out in the U-T newspaper on Aug. 6.
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For years, major and local newspapers owned planes to take aerial shots.
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Zawojski said she's advertised online, in newspapers and at schools to little avail.
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How the alleged drug ring operated and how it was uncovered remains unclear, the newspaper reported.
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Donna M. Strobino, a professor of population, family and reproductive health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told the newspaper that millennials are the ones to be watching.
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But there are no signs that Kushner is the target of an investigation and Kushner has promised to cooperate, the newspaper added.
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First Known Use of newspaper
1670
newspaper
Definition of newspaper
intransitive verb
: to do newspaper work
First Known Use of newspaper
1800
NEWSPAPER Defined for English Language Learners
newspaper
playDefinition of newspaper for English Language Learners
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: a set of large sheets of paper that have news stories, information about local events, advertisements, etc., and that are folded together and sold every day or every week
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: the paper on which a newspaper is printed
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: a company that publishes a newspaper
NEWSPAPER Defined for Kids
newspaper
playDefinition of newspaper for Students
: a paper that is printed and sold usually every day or weekly and that contains information on recent events, articles of opinion, features, and advertising
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