newswire

noun

news·​wire ˈnüz-ˌwī(-ə)r How to pronounce newswire (audio)
ˈnyüz-

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For smaller updates, use newswires or lean on investors and partners to amplify the message. Alex Topchishvili, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 The summit will be closed to the press, Kremlin newswire Tass reported. Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 Now, just as television’s role turned front-row briefing seats into prime real estate, evolving technology may erode the importance of giving those seats to television and newswire services. Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2025 Under both Republican and Democratic presidents, journalists from the country’s biggest TV networks, newswires, newspapers, and radio networks have been seated in the front rows. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newswire

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of newswire was in 1972

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“Newswire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newswire. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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