as in broadcasts
chiefly US
a radio or television program that reports the news
the nightly TV newscast
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Recent Examples of newscasts
All three of the major network evening newscasts are down in January compared to a year ago, but CBS is off the most at around 20%.
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Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Eventually, women in other cities—many of whom had also been affected by drunk driving—saw those newscasts and read those articles.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The movement has grown much larger than the core of activists shown on TV newscasts, especially since the killing of Renee Good on January 7.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Ratings data for Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s newscasts weren’t available at publication time.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
All of the 13-minute interview was shown Tuesday, an unusual step for one of the broadcast networks’ evening newscasts, a half hour summary of the day’s big stories.
—David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
Frenzied coverage of the story has topped newscasts on state TV channels.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
After more than 20 years of dedicated service to CBS Philadelphia and an award-winning career spanning nearly four decades, Jim Donovan, anchor of CBS News Philadelphia's morning and noon newscasts, has announced his retirement.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
The move is part of a flurry of line-up changes for Channel 4 newscasts that was sparked by morning show co-anchor Amanda Hara taking a corporate job with the national group that owns WSMV.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Dec. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Eventually, women in other cities—many of whom had also been affected by drunk driving—saw those newscasts and read those articles.
—Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The movement has grown much larger than the core of activists shown on TV newscasts, especially since the killing of Renee Good on January 7.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Ratings data for Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s newscasts weren’t available at publication time.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
All of the 13-minute interview was shown Tuesday, an unusual step for one of the broadcast networks’ evening newscasts, a half hour summary of the day’s big stories.
—David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
Frenzied coverage of the story has topped newscasts on state TV channels.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025
After more than 20 years of dedicated service to CBS Philadelphia and an award-winning career spanning nearly four decades, Jim Donovan, anchor of CBS News Philadelphia's morning and noon newscasts, has announced his retirement.
—CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
The move is part of a flurry of line-up changes for Channel 4 newscasts that was sparked by morning show co-anchor Amanda Hara taking a corporate job with the national group that owns WSMV.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newscasts
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Nick Alatzakis, the district’s communications director, said after the meeting the district received numerous phone calls, emails and social media postings criticizing the walkout and the school’s participation.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The first was a search for the IP address of the person making the postings, then additional warrants seeking more information including the email and home address of that person.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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This website uses cookies Our Properties use cookies for the performance and functionality of our sites, to personalize content and advertisements, to provide social media features, for analytics, and to provide you with a better experience.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
13 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic used Super Bowl ads to mock OpenAI’s plans to inject advertisements into ChatGPT conversations, sparking debate about chatbots delivering ads.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Pepsi a primetime player in Super Bowl commercials The new commercial is the latest in a long history securing Pepsi's place in pop culture.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Both of those are on the Criterion Channel and are also up for free on Plex with ads.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Mike Cook, head of fraud insights at Socure, said new account sign-ups surged alongside the six pre-game Super Bowl ads for sports books, almost to the minute.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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At the time of the shooting, school was out for the day and no activities were taking place, Marissa Cleaver Wamble, chief communications officer for the Raytown C-2 School District, told The Star in an email Thursday.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Communicating with journalists can be very dangerous for protesters’ families, and Iran is in the middle of a communications blackout with severe restrictions on the internet and cellphone service.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Newscasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newscasts. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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