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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsgroup
Noun
  • One chat room was set up specifically for contractors thinking of shuttering their firms and features more than 100 mostly anonymous members.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • One version of Scanlon’s blinking face has been viewed more than 6 billion times on Giphy alone, plastered in chat rooms, text messages and social media posts.
    Cristian Santana, NBC news, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has earned a reputation as a hardliner on immigration, an image that helped propel her to power amid rising nationalist sentiment and debate over Japan’s identity amid demographic decline.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • As in years past, there was plenty of heated debate, some clever campaigning on social media, a last-minute push for votes from A-list significant others and a few races that were neck-and-neck right up until the last ballot was cast.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Among the things that arose out of those brainstorming sessions was a need to play more uptempo, getting the ball up the floor faster.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Define which activities — such as team meetings, brainstorming sessions, or mentoring — benefit most from in-person interaction.
    Peter Cappelli, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In response, Lien rescinded her censure motion and asked for the council to have deliberations there.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier alterations were made incrementally, and only after much deliberation.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In July, its members voted to keep the church open and hand its administration over to the synod, which will make decisions about its future.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • So too has his radical approach to inclusivity that welcomed the non-ordained faithful, including members of the LGBTQ+ community and lay women, to sit with bishops and contribute their thoughts on issues of church doctrine in meetings called synods.
    Aryn Baker, Time, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Chamberlain, the reverend from the South Side of Chicago, tells TIME many of her colleagues in different congregations have been providing physical refuge every day for members of the migrant community who fear prosecution from ICE.
    Connor Greene, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At the Traditional Music Society’s Saturday class, Kansas City percussionist Bird Fleming stood in front of a congregation of students from various races, ages, and genders.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The ProMaster is a versatile commercial front wheel drive cargo or passenger van built in the Saltillo, Mexico assembly plant, and sold in North America by RAM.
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Hamoud Jumaa, a member of the national assembly of Tanzania and a CCM leader, speaking to Newsweek, responded to opposition allegations.
    Danish Manzoor Bhat, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Newsgroup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsgroup. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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