newsie

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Recent Examples of newsie Each newsie had been looking forward for days to this feast, and had so regulated his meals as to make sure of an adequate appetite when the momentous occasion arrived. San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022 Karla Castillo Medina goes door to door at the migrant shelter, delivering newspapers like an old-fashioned newsie. Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2022 The cast is wild; Vincent Kartheiser plays an American war profiteer with what can only be described as a newsie-from-Newsies accent, and Lizzy Caplan plays a French resistance figure with substance use issues who ends up hooking up with Krieps. Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 Dec. 2020 Marco Tzunux is charismatic and likable as Jack Kelly, the dreamer/realist who unifies the newsies to strike. Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2019 The 1910 census notes four newsies listed as black; the 1920 census mentions five. Gwen Thompkins, The New Yorker, 8 July 2019 Her husband, Jeff Sensat, plays Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher who raises the price of newspapers to the newsies to beat his competition. Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018 Yet the kids worry their struggle is doomed unless the Brooklyn newsies join the fight. Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 14 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsie
Noun
  • Speaking to reporters for the first time since the opener, Prince on Friday took responsibility for the late substitutions that contributed to two damaging delay of game penalties late in the Week 2 loss against the Patriots.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • And in that present, Fugazi’s drummer, a scholar of caste, and a border reporter are no longer distant figures.
    Javier Garcia del Moral September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.
    Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But as our Mexico correspondent learns, traditions in Mexico are very hard to break.
    Greg Dixon, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver are national correspondents for USA TODAY who have written about hurricanes, violent weather and climate change for decades.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In that movie Beatty cast himself as a politically naïve newsman who became sympathetic to the Bolshevik (later Communist) cause.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Clooney, the son of a career newsman himself, has worked tirelessly to convey the gravity and valor of Murrow’s legacy.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The iconic newsperson died Friday evening her representative Cindi Berger tells PEOPLE.
    Stephen M. Silverman, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
  • And then, art imitated life when Apple TV+ released The Morning Show, which followed the story of disgraced newsperson Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell), who was ousted by his network for inappropriate relationships with women.
    Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • Considering Gabriel completed each of his three passes and threw for a touchdown in his lone appearance this season, some have wondered if Sanders will ever be more than a third-stringer.
    Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Backup Anthony Carrie had 11 touches, and third-stringer Devonte Lyons got nine.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As a speaker and an interviewer, Klein is exceedingly intelligent, fluid, and, if not conflict-averse, exactly, then polite.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • This kind of arrangement builds in at least two or three levels of disconnect between the interviewer and interviewee.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All the while, the newshound indulged in her secret pleasure of writing poetry in her off time as an outlet for her homesickness and stress relief.
    Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Viewers, newshounds, and political pundits aren’t immune to the utopian vision of The West Wing, where the corridors of power are filled with whip-smart strategists and bright-eyed idealists who put country first.
    Jason Bailey, TIME, 24 July 2024

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“Newsie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsie. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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