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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.
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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.
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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.
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Adam Bumas,
WIRED,
6 Nov. 2024
In 1995, the writing IF newsgroup started talking about holding a competition for shorter games.
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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.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2024
For certain newsgroups, the job is not about reporting the news, no matter how uncomfortable.
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Becket Adams,
National Review,
17 Dec. 2023
What came back was an FAQ from a newsgroup called rec.sport.pro-wrestling.
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Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Aug. 2023
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.
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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.
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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.
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Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsgroup
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Messi is now in the same chat room as Tom Brady, LeBron James and Novak Djokovic as pro athletes who can still do it late in their athletic lives.
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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.
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More broadly, the technology also reignites debates over how to balance learning efficiency against the risk of cheating.
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The complexity at play in data center debates is often what has prompted moratoriums, with local governments looking for more time to properly take stock of concerns from neighbors and the facts at hand.
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Try to find a compromise by doing some brainstorming and problem-solving.
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As the brainstorming turned broader, the Cubs were inspired by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
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The jury delivered the verdict on Friday after about 40 minutes of deliberation, AP reported.
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On Thursday The New York Times reported, citing people involved in the deliberations, that OpenAI is leaning toward holding off until next year.
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The testimony of the gay men, contained in annexes published on the Vatican's synod website, featured moving accounts of how one, from Portugal, came to terms with his homosexuality and married his husband.
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Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, spent two weeks sitting with Fuanya at the same table during Pope Francis’ 2024 big meeting, or synod, on the family.
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Parkview Christian Church is a non-denominational congregation.
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According to Spell and members of his congregation, the man had a history of verbally harassing them with threats, insults and racial slurs.
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About a week after Kirk’s killing, Benjamin observed a minute of silence in his honor at the end of an assembly, which was followed by an invitation to gather at a flagpole and pray.
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The assembly plant opened in 1954.
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“Newsgroup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsgroup. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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