newsstand

noun

news·​stand ˈnüz-ˌstand 

ˈnyüz-

: a place (such as an outdoor stall) where newspapers and periodicals are sold

Examples of newsstand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a city willing to displace a community garden or a newsstand to claw back a few extra feet, the Armory’s yawning, epochal emptiness seems like poking through your medicine cabinet and finding an alternate universe behind it. —Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026

So Far From India, was about a newsstand worker in New York who travels back to India to see his wife and young son. —Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026

The two brothers ran a newsstand and restaurant, along with their eccentric father, played by the late John Witherspoon. —Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026

This is the exercise mogul’s second print publication after her eponymous magazine, which launched in March 2020 and sold online and in select grocery stores and newsstands around the country. —Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for newsstand

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand

Kids Definition

newsstand

noun

news·​stand -ˌstand 

: a place where newspapers and magazines are sold