wire service

noun

|Updated on: 5 Aug 2018

Examples: wire service in a Sentence

Definition of wire service

: a news agency that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission

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Examples of wire service in a Sentence

The story was reported by several wire services.

Recent Examples of wire service from the Web

Information from the Los Angeles Times and other wire services is included in this report.

— daniela altimari, courant.com, "Who Is Brett Kavanaugh? The Yale Grad Is Trump's Second Supreme Court Pick," 10 July 2018
The administration has matched 86 parents to 83 children and 16 are not yet matched, Justice attorney Sarah Fabian said, according to the wire service's report.

— Fox News, "Trump administration requests more time to reunite immigrant families," 6 July 2018
This story was supplemented with information from Miami Herald wire services.

— brenda medina, miamiherald, "In Miami, protesters seek end to separation of immigrant parents, kids," 1 June 2018
Photos taken by wire services on the same day show a massive ash pillar looming over the region.

— jason aldag, Washington Post, "Watch: A Philippine volcano erupts as a couple takes wedding pictures in front," 26 Jan. 2018
The excavation will involve lasers, drones, and virtual reality visualizations, the site’s director general told an Italian wire service.

— National Geographic, "Headless Pompeii Victim Wasn't Crushed to Death, After All," 29 June 2018
Last week, media and wire services reported Jackson was hospitalized Friday near his home in Las Vegas, with his son Jermaine Jackson confirming via social media his father was frail and critically ill, but not confirming reports about his illness.

— philip potempa, Post-Tribune, "Joe Jackson remembered as 'strong-willed' catalyst behind Gary's legendary musical family," 27 June 2018
Campaigning from prison, Debs issued weekly campaign statements to the United Press wire service.

— erick trickey, Smithsonian, "When America’s Most Prominent Socialist Was Jailed for Speaking Out Against World War I," 15 June 2018
Baker and Thomson had generally been regarded as having a conservative leaning similar to that of Murdoch, who bought the paper and the Dow Jones wire service in 2007.

— jason abbruzzese /, NBC News, "The Wall Street Journal appoints Matt Murray as editor-in-chief," 5 June 2018

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