newsprint

noun

news·​print ˈnüz-ˌprint How to pronounce newsprint (audio)
ˈnyüz-
: paper made chiefly from groundwood pulp and used mostly for newspapers

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In the end, fear of retaliation leads him to drop the slip of newsprint down a memory hole. Laura Beers, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2025 The super deluxe edition is accompanied by a 204-page book, newsprint poster, postcards, stickers and other replica ephemera from the era. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025 McGann remembers his grandmother plastering their den in Guilford, Connecticut, with newsprint. Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 3 June 2025 An enormous lapis-lazuli glacier was streaked with columns of newsprint. Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for newsprint

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First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of newsprint was in 1909

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“Newsprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsprint. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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newsprint

noun
news·​print ˈn(y)üz-ˌprint How to pronounce newsprint (audio)
: paper made chiefly from wood pulp and used mostly for newspapers

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