newsy

adjective

ˈnü-zē How to pronounce newsy (audio)
ˈnyü-
newsier; newsiest
1
: containing or filled with news
newsy letters
2
newsiness noun

Examples of newsy in a Sentence

I got a long newsy letter from her. a newsy TV program covering the local scene
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Getty Images The decision to jettison Tommy DeVito, the newsiest part of the way the New York Giants set their 53-man roster for the 2025 season, did not reflect anything that DeVito did wrong. Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 It’s been such a newsy week for the couple that Kelce ranking 37th on the NFL 100 list of best players barely registered on social media. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025 Welcome to Climate Point, your weekly guide to the newsiest stories about climate, energy and the environment. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025 At the same time, Everybody’s Live harkens back to a chattier, looser era—like The Merv Griffin Show, where interviews could run half an hour or longer, or Tom Snyder’s The Tomorrow Show, a newsier hour of talk that aired after Carson’s The Tonight Show for eight years. David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newsy

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of newsy was in 1825

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“Newsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

newsy

adjective
newsier; newsiest
: filled with news
especially : chatty sense 2
a newsy letter

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