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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| current affairs | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| news | / | Noun | 
| latest | /x | Adjective | 
| currents | /x | Adjective | 
| today | x/ | Noun | 
| reportage | x/x | Noun | 
| background | /x | Noun | 
| present | /x | Noun | 
| facts | / | Noun | 
| newsletter | /xx | Noun | 
| journal | /x | Noun | 
| times | / | Noun | 
| hook | / | Noun | 
| bulletin | /xx | Noun | 
| article | /xx | Noun | 
| ongoing | /xx | Adjective | 
| coverage | /xx | Noun | 
| editorial | xx/xx | Noun | 
| cases | /x | Noun | 
| circumstances | /xxx | Noun | 
| event | x/ | Noun | 
| items | /x | Noun | 
| newscast | /x | Noun | 
| lead | / | Noun | 
| occurring | x/x | Verb | 
| highlights | /x | Noun | 
| matters | /x | Noun | 
| journalism | /xxx | Noun | 
| brief | / | Adjective | 
| short term | // | Phrase, Noun, Adjective | 
| upcoming | /xx | Noun | 
| occurrence | x/x | Noun | 
| paragraph | /xx | Noun | 
| history | /xx | Noun | 
| occasion | x/x | Noun | 
| headline | /x | Noun | 
| crisis | /x | Noun | 
| future | /x | Noun | 
| contemporary | x/xxx | Noun | 
| order of the day | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| announcement | x/x | Noun | 
| story | /x | Noun | 
| beat | / | Noun | 
| slow news day | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| question | /x | Noun | 
| calendar | /xx | Noun | 
| issues | /x | Noun | 
| scoop | / | Noun | 
| incidents | /xx | Noun | 
| proceeding | x/x | Noun | 
| doings | /x | Noun | 
| argument | /xx | Noun | 
| head | / | Noun | 
| hot ticket | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| readout | /x | Noun | 
| publication | xx/x | Noun | 
| round table | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| classifieds | /xx | Noun | 
| press conference | //xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| talk | / | Noun | 
| feature | /x | Noun | 
| agenda | x/x | Noun | 
| real time | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| point | / | Noun | 
| weekly | /x | Name | 
| commentary | /xxx | Noun | 
| periodical | xx/xx | Noun | 
| media | /xx | Noun | 
| report | x/ | Noun | 
| job market | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| overview | /xx | Noun | 
| docket | /x | Noun | 
| discussion | x/x | Noun | 
| roundup | /x | Noun | 
| monthly | /x | Name | 
| evergreen | /xx | Noun | 
| showing | /x | Verb | 
| incoming | /xx | Noun | 
| instances | /xx | Noun | 
| experiences | x/xxx | Noun | 
| ticket | /x | Noun | 
| research | x/ | Noun | 
| edition | x/x | Noun | 
| chronicle | /xx | Noun | 
| account | x/ | Noun | 
| when | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| update | x/ | Noun | 
| inbox | /x | Noun | 
| news conference | //xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| timeline | /x | Noun | 
| situation | xx/x | Noun | 
| fairs | / | Noun | 
| quarterly | /xx | Name | 
| eventualities | x/x/xx | Noun | 
| irons in the fire | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| airing | /x | Noun | 
| volume | /x | Noun | 
| quotidian | //xx | Noun | 
| time frame | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| passage | /x | Noun | 
| arrival | x/x | Noun | 
| all in all | /x/ | Phrase, Adverb, Noun | 
| weather report | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| number | /x | Noun | 
| chronology | x/xx | Noun | 
| focal point | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| annals | /x | Noun | 
| excursus | x/x | Noun | 
| interview | /xx | Noun | 
| narration | x/x | Noun | 
| word | / | Noun | 
| panel | /x | Noun | 
| conferences | /xxx | Noun | 
| business | /x | Noun | 
| yearly | /x | Adjective | 
| diary | /xx | Noun | 
| review | x/ | Noun | 
| festivals | /xx | Noun | 
| memory | /xx | Noun | 
| break | / | Noun | 
| maybe | /x | Adverb | 
| traffic | /x | Noun | 
| setting | /x | Noun | 
| abreast | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| acceleration | xxx/x | Noun | 
| accidents | /xx | Noun | 
| actions | /x | Noun | 
| active | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| activities | x/xx | Noun | 
| actors | /x | Noun | 
| acts | / | Noun | 
| actual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| adversities | x/xx | Noun | 
| affairs | x/ | Noun | 
| afoot | x/ | Adverb, Adjective | 
| aftermath | /xx | Noun | 
| airflow | /x | Noun | 
| amperage | /xx | Noun | 
| amperes | /x | Noun | 
| amplitude | /xx | Noun | 
| animations | xx/x | Noun | 
| anthropological | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| applicable | /xxx | Adjective | 
| arranged | x/ | Adjective | 
| assays | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| associations | xxx/x | Noun | 
| astrophysical | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| athletes | /x | Adjective | 
| attacks | x/ | Noun | 
| available | x/xx | Adjective | 
| aware | x/ | Adjective, Verb | 
| being | /x | Noun | 
| bouts | / | Noun | 
| campaigns | x/ | Noun | 
| celebrations | xx/x | Noun | 
| ceremonies | /xxx | Noun | 
| challenges | /xx | Noun | 
| circuit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| circulating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| class | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| cognizant | /xx | Adjective | 
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| competitions | xx/x | Noun | 
| complications | xx/x | Noun | 
| concentration | xx/x | Noun | 
| concerns | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| conditions | x/x | Verb | 
| contests | /x | Noun | 
| contingencies | x/xx | Noun | 
| continuing | x/xx | Noun | 
| conversant | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| courant | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| courses | /x | Noun | 
| curr | / | Name, Verb | 
| daily | /x | Adjective, Adverb, Name, Verb | 
| date | / | Noun, Verb | 
| day | / | Noun, Verb | 
| deadlines | /x | Verb | 
| deeds | / | Noun | 
| demonstrations | xx/x | Noun | 
| developments | x/xx | Noun | 
| disasters | x/x | Noun | 
| displays | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| drag | / | Verb, Noun | 
| draught | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| during | /x | Noun | 
| eddy | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| educational | xx/xx | Adjective, Name | 
| effective | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| effects | x/ | Noun | 
| efforts | /x | Noun | 
| electric | x/x | Adjective, Name | 
| electric current | x/x/x | Name, Name | 
| electrical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| electricity | xx/xx | Noun | 
| emergencies | x/xx | Noun | 
| encounters | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| epidemiological | xxxxx/xx | Adjective | 
| episodes | /xx | Adjective | 
| equilibrium | xx/xx | Noun | 
| everyday | /x/ | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| exercise | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| exhibitions | xx/x | Noun | 
| exigencies | x/xx | Noun | 
| existent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| existing | x/x | Adjective | 
| expressions | x/x | Adjective | 
| extant | /x | Adjective | 
| factors | /x | Noun | 
| factual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| familiar | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| festivities | x/xx | Noun | 
| flows | / | Noun, Verb | 
| fluent | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| flux | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| force | / | Noun, Verb | 
| forecasted | /xx | Adjective | 
| former | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| forms | / | Noun | 
| forums | /x | Noun | 
| framework | /x | Noun | 
| frequent | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| functions | /x | Noun | 
| games | / | Noun | 
| gatherings | /xx | Noun | 
| goings | /x | Noun | 
| groundswell | /x | Noun | 
| happenings | /xx | Noun | 
| hardships | /x | Noun | 
| historiographic | /xx/x | Adjective | 
| hong | / | Name | 
| immediate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| in progress | x/x | Phrase | 
| incidences | /xxx | Noun | 
| incumbent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| inductance | x/x | Noun | 
| inflow | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| influx | /x | Noun | 
| informed | x/ | Adjective | 
| initiatives | x/xx | Noun | 
| instant | /x | Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| intensity | x/xx | Noun | 
| introduces | xx/x | Verb | 
| inventory | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| juveniles | /xx | Noun | 
| know | / | Verb, Noun | 
| knowledge | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| last | / | Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun | 
| latter | /x | Adjective | 
| leakage | /x | Noun | 
| listings | /x | Noun | 
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| loop | / | Noun, Verb | 
| made | / | Noun | 
| maelstrom | /x | Noun | 
| mainstream | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| manifestations | xxx/x | Noun | 
| marches | /x | Noun | 
| matches | /x | Noun | 
| measures | /x | Noun | 
| meetings | /x | Noun | 
| milestones | /x | Noun | 
| mind | / | Noun, Verb | 
| minors | /x | Noun | 
| modern | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| moments | /x | Noun | 
| monday | /x | Name, Adverb | 
| neuroscientific | /xxx/x | Adjective | 
| newspaper | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| noncurrent | x/x | Adjective | 
