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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.
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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 newsie, in a matter of seconds, gives a star turn, maybe his first, without ever picking up a horn.
—Gwen Thompkins, The New Yorker, 8 July 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
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 newsie, in a matter of seconds, gives a star turn, maybe his first, without ever picking up a horn.
—Gwen Thompkins, The New Yorker, 8 July 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
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Earlier Friday, before the memo was distributed, State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told reporters that more than 25,000 Americans had reached out for information on leaving Israel, the West Bank and Iran.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 June 2025
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday that Trump was expected to make a decision about whether to directly support Israel in its attacks against Iran within the next two weeks.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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Those are all questions that journalists at NPR, and elsewhere, have relied on anonymous sources — people who do not want their names used in a story — to try to answer.—
Meghan Ashford-Grooms,
NPR,
29 June 2025
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Furthermore, there is a sustained effort to undermine the freedom of the press by targeting journalists, suing media outlets, pulling funding and even politicizing the White House press pool.—
Michael Pfleger,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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Will Reeve — the Good Morning America correspondent and child of late actor Christopher Reeve — has a cameo in the upcoming movie, and the two men had a chance to chat.—
Eric Andersson,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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Analysis by Manchester United correspondent Laurie Whitwell United have seen wholesale change since Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s investment into the club, but Cox is the most high-profile departure since the initial wave last year.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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The Broadway play, which recounts CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s unflinching 1954 broadcasts about Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Cold War witch hunts, has stirred comparisons between McCarthyism and Trumpism, and between the CBS network then and now.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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There were complaints that the adaptation by George Clooney and Grant Heslov was basically a reproduction of the 2005 film, which chronicled CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow’s heroic crusade against Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s communist witch hunts.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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The iconic newsperson died Friday evening her representative Cindi Berger tells PEOPLE.—
Stephen M. Silverman,
Peoplemag,
30 Dec. 2022
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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
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Whenever the practice split up Russell Wilson’s and Jameis Winston’s top two offensive units with the third and fourth stringers, though, Daboll went with Dart and Tommy DeVito to one end zone while Kafka operated the starters and primary backups on his own at the other end.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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The manufacturer, Fast-Stairs, welds steel angle irons onto the stringers that support the treads.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
24 May 2025
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In 2003, an interviewer bluntly asked whether Xi Jinping had enjoyed a privileged lifestyle as a child.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Still, Depp, like Pitt, has to charm an interviewer for the sake of promoting his movie.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
24 June 2025
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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
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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 Jul. 2025.
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