Thesaurus results for NEWSGROUP

newsgroup

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as in chat room

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Recent Examples of newsgroup The advent of the World Wide Web brought fan fiction to the masses, starting with Usenet newsgroups and mailing lists and eventually the development of massive online archives where creators could upload their work to be read and commented upon by readers. —

Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2025 According to the video game newsgroup Game Rant, the Borderlands 4 sequel trailer was shown at the February 2025 State of Play along with a release date of Sept. 23, 2025. —

Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 7 May 2025 The song was recorded off the German radio station NDR in the early ’80s and was just a question mark on a cassette case until 2007, when it was digitized and posted to various Usenet newsgroups and music forums along with requests for the internet’s help in identifying the track. —

Adam Bumas, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024 In 1995, the writing IF newsgroup started talking about holding a competition for shorter games. —

Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024 With modern technology, the birding community is well connected today, often sharing sightings of rare birds via text, group email or newsgroups. —

Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024 For certain newsgroups, the job is not about reporting the news, no matter how uncomfortable. —

Becket Adams, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023 What came back was an FAQ from a newsgroup called rec.sport.pro-wrestling. —

Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2023

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The non-meat use of the term came from the online chat room community, which by the late 1980s was already using it to denote a mass influx of data into their chat rooms that could trigger a computer crash and/or annoy chat room users.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Robinson left a handwritten note for his romantic partner confessing to the crime, and also confessed to friends on the chat room platform Discord, prosecutors said.

— Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026