as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
a newsy TV program covering the local scene
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Recent Examples of newsy
The newsiest bits may have been that there’s an upgrade coming for Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin ride at Magic Kingdom and the kids-pay-half-price ticket offer coming this summer.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
Wall Street is about to get hit with the newsiest week yet ahead of the election — just as the stock market has started to falter.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
The newsiest part of the proceedings was a 4-2 FEC vote determining that Fox News's debate rules had not violated the law.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 20 June 2024
What would be the newsiest thing to happen at the caucuses?
—Byron York, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
Wall Street is about to get hit with the newsiest week yet ahead of the election — just as the stock market has started to falter.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
The newsiest part of the proceedings was a 4-2 FEC vote determining that Fox News's debate rules had not violated the law.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 20 June 2024
What would be the newsiest thing to happen at the caucuses?
—Byron York, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsy
Adjective
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So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope Trollope is a more colloquial writer.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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The participants are not just revealing this to strangers who make up the bulk of the show’s viewership, but also, by default, to potentially gossipy friends, neighbors, colleagues and professional acquaintances.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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LuPone is refreshingly gossipy in public in a way that’s largely died in our fearful-of-repercussions, fearful-of-retweets internet age.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
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“Newsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsy. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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