newsweekly

noun

news·​week·​ly ˈnüz-ˌwē-klē How to pronounce newsweekly (audio)
ˈnyüz-
: a weekly newspaper or newsmagazine

Examples of newsweekly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In a city brimming with daily newspapers, The Voice found its niche as an alternative newsweekly in the bohemian culture of Greenwich Village, where another weekly, The Villager, had been publishing since the 1930s. Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023 In 2017 the Italian newsweekly L’Espresso published audio recordings of the migrants’ desperate calls for help and Italian and Maltese authorities seemingly delaying the rescue. Nicole Winfield, ajc, 14 June 2023 The paper began as a newsweekly on Oct. 29, 1764. Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 19 Oct. 2020 The title of the book, for example, refers to an advice columnist at a local newsweekly, who is shocked to learn that the kidnapped women were being held on her block in Queens. Seth Combs Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2021 But Marfa is no ordinary town, and its newsweekly has been a pillar of the community for nearly a century — long before Marfa became cool. New York Times, 20 Feb. 2020 To subscribe, go to the Hulu website, or Hulu + Live TV) News of the renewal comes at a bittersweet time, as the alternative newsweekly that Annie writes for is inspired by Seattle’s The Stranger, and its sibling paper, The Portland Mercury. oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2020 Newsweek was founded in 1933 as a newsweekly to rival Henry Luce’s Time. Marc Tracy, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020 The person who leaked the document to the Italian newsweekly L'Espresso remains unknown. NBC News, 14 Oct. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of newsweekly was in 1846

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“Newsweekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsweekly. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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