wire service
noun
: a news agency that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission
Examples of wire service in a Sentence
The story was reported by several wire services.
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In November, de Meo dispatched a memo to all Kering employees, details of which were leaked to the press and reported in several newspapers and wire services, including a timeline giving the group 18 months to resize operations and return all brands to growth.
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Jan. 2026
City News Service is the nation’s largest regional wire service and is headquartered in Los Angeles.
—City News Service, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Sagan went on to pursue journalism as a career, working as a copy boy at the Hearst International News Service and then as a reporter for Chicago's City News Bureau wire service.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Trump has made a habit during the first year of his second term of attacking mainstream news organizations, suing outlets like The New York Times and banning certain wire services from key Oval Office spaces over their coverage.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Jan. 2026
City News Service is the nation’s largest regional wire service and is headquartered in Los Angeles.
—City News Service, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Sagan went on to pursue journalism as a career, working as a copy boy at the Hearst International News Service and then as a reporter for Chicago's City News Bureau wire service.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Trump has made a habit during the first year of his second term of attacking mainstream news organizations, suing outlets like The New York Times and banning certain wire services from key Oval Office spaces over their coverage.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
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“Wire service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wire%20service. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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