tabloid

noun

Definition of tabloidnext
as in survey

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Recent Examples of tabloid Lamb gamely assembles a team of brilliant misfits and The Sun relaunches as a tabloid in November, 1969. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 Another Oscar winner, Danny Boyle, has adapted James Graham’s Ink, a play about Rupert Murdoch’s 1969 acquisition of British newspaper The Sun, and its transformation into the country’s most influential and outrageous tabloid. — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Also in 2024, the tabloid The Sun quoted insiders who said that Suri had not seen her father in more than 11 years. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 27 July 2026 Set in 1969, the film charts how Murdoch and Lamb launched what became Britain’s bestselling tabloid. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tabloid
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabloid
  1. survey
  2. summary
  3. synopsis
  4. summation
  5. sketch
  6. brief
  7. syllabus
  8. overview
Noun
  • Diesel prices could remain elevated for a year, according to a new survey of oil and gas executives.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The household survey, which is used to calculate the jobless level, was considerably better than the establishment survey, which is used to derive the payrolls count.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of survey
Noun
  • One Moments entry showed me a summary of my past week, describing a pretty uneventful time with downright purple prose.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Bain & Company found that 80% of consumers now rely on AI summaries for at least 40% of their searches, and that organic traffic has fallen 15% to 25% as a result.
    — Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of summary
Noun
  • Any quick synopsis of what else is happening in your professional life?
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Per the synopsis, the eight-episode series, set in 1994, follows Demon Destroyer, a world-famous rock band whose members are crushed by their own stage mascot during a live performance and sent straight to Hell.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of synopsis
Noun
  • Unlike many sports, in which the final score is simply a summation of the match and doesn’t tell you anything about how the story progressed, a tennis scoreline tells a narrative.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • So, that’s a summation of something that used to be a fun day.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of summation
Noun
  • Coroner’s officials have issued a new image, created by combining a forensic sketch and post-mortem photographs using artificial intelligence.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The combination of stand-up, improv and sketch gives performers multiple ways to tell those stories while exposing audiences to a broader range of Black comedic work.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of sketch
Noun
  • In a brief, however, Suncor and Exxon argue that management of interstate and international greenhouse gas emissions lies with the federal government, not with the states.
    — Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) filed its own brief against the settlement.
    — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of brief
Noun
  • In the time since the encampment organizers folded up their tents, the fight has moved from the quad to the classroom, from a protest anyone could see to a comment in a lecture or a line in a syllabus.
    — Jonathan Greenblatt, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Lakeview High School parent Andy Amsdill first went to the school with concerns about the syllabus for his daughter's ninth-grade gym class, which required female students to disclose the length of their menstrual cycles to make up swim days.
    — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of syllabus
Noun
  • The companies accused Google of antitrust violations in products like AI overviews, which have led to decreasing traffic at numerous sites.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Longevity tab provides an overview of your long-term health and is divided into two sub-tabs.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of overview

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