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
His work has been licensed for movies, music videos, advertisements and newscasts.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
FoxLA weeknight newscasts will look different beginning August 16.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
While fewer people watch the broadcast networks’ evening newscasts than the group that assembled to see past anchors like Walter Cronkite or Tom Brokaw, the shows still attract a sizable crowd.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
While news is a far different environment from the days Walter Cronkite was beamed into millions of homes at dinnertime, the ABC, CBS and NBC newscasts collectively reach more than 10 million viewers a night.
—David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Network evening newscasts also rose substantially last week, and cable news outlets grew as well.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
The network’s daytime shows Hoy Día, En Casa con Telemundo, La Mesa Caliente, Al Rojo Vivo and its newscasts will present interviews, artist reactions and more special coverage around the announcement of the finalists.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
FoxLA weeknight newscasts will look different beginning August 16.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
While fewer people watch the broadcast networks’ evening newscasts than the group that assembled to see past anchors like Walter Cronkite or Tom Brokaw, the shows still attract a sizable crowd.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
While news is a far different environment from the days Walter Cronkite was beamed into millions of homes at dinnertime, the ABC, CBS and NBC newscasts collectively reach more than 10 million viewers a night.
—David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Network evening newscasts also rose substantially last week, and cable news outlets grew as well.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
The network’s daytime shows Hoy Día, En Casa con Telemundo, La Mesa Caliente, Al Rojo Vivo and its newscasts will present interviews, artist reactions and more special coverage around the announcement of the finalists.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newscasts
Noun
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Newsom also faces blowback from the universe of right-leaning podcasts, YouTube channels and social media postings.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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But healthcare—an industry hailed for being recession-proof and resistant against AI automation—has held on strong, with junior-level job postings increasing 13% in that same time period.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Disney and Nelson Peltz spent tens of millions of dollars on old-school mailers, phone calls, and advertisements trying to win over individual investors, a large block of the House of Mouse’s shareholder base.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The first rollout of the ad is kicking off in conjunction with this week’s Thursday Night Football game, as the automaker aligns itself with the NFL season, one of the largest moneymakers for advertisements leading up to the Super Bowl.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In some comical cases, the ads were served by Google’s ad server to Google’s own bots.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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If drugmakers were forced to include a comprehensive and complete list of side effects, one media executive says, the result would be ads that are unworkably long for TV, which is built around 15-, 30-, and 60-second commercials.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That breakthrough could transform computing and communications.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Roscoe is a career diplomat and former communications chief to the late Queen Elizabeth II.—
Pan Pylas,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Newscasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newscasts. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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