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
Noun
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For an extensive listing of my well-over one hundred analyses and postings, see the link here and the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The position with the most job openings in December in San Diego County was retail salespersons with 1,333 ads, according to state data that aggregates job postings during the month.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In November, Rolling Stone reported that Spotify had received $74,000 from the Department of Homeland Security to run their advertisements, while Google and YouTube were paid $3 million on Spanish-language advertising promoting self-deportation, according to Equis data.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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An industry source told Rolling Stone at the time that Spotify had received $74,000 from DHS to run its advertisements.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Republicans point fingers over mysterious ads attacking Burt Jones.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In 2023, Pizza Hut ran 14 ads during Fox’s pre-game coverage, then 10 in 2024 on CBS.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Someone is in charge of communications, someone is in charge of moving people, someone is in charge of even medical help.—
Asra Q. Nomani , Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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This satellite will provide broadband internet and communications capability for public use facilities in Indonesia’s rural regions.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Newscasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newscasts. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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