tabloid

noun

Definition of tabloidnext
as in survey

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Recent Examples of tabloid The initial lawsuit was settled in December 2024, according to Mason, who did not offer details to the tabloid. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026 The 78-year-old Lai, a former clothing magnate and publisher of a Hong Kong tabloid critical of Beijing, received a 20-year sentence in February. — Didi Tang, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 The title mirrors the tabloid’s back page headline after the 29-point comeback in Game 4 of the finals. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 But just as Kat is about to tie the knot, a tabloid runs a story about her fiancé's affair with her assistant. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 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
  • Ossoff has led in every public survey since April 2025, including a Fox News poll that showed him with a 56-43 edge over Collins.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • The Post-Ipsos survey contrasted Democrats' current polling outcomes with 2018.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Definition of survey
Noun
  • That observation may be the clearest summary of Hawk’s philosophy.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Michigan didn’t put the entire Sherrone Moore scandal at Manuel’s feet, but the summary released by the university pointed to numerous issues that occurred on his watch, including a failure to respond quickly to allegations of misconduct.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of summary
Noun
  • According to an official synopsis, season 3 of Lioness sees hidden networks, foreign operatives and personal betrayals collide, forcing Joe to walk the line between duty and home.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • The official synopsis for Koosha’s film sounds suspiciously AI-generated.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
Definition of synopsis
Noun
  • So, that’s a summation of something that used to be a fun day.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • This may feel a bit too much of a pat summation, especially with the better song preceding it.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 29 June 2026
Definition of summation
Noun
  • Engineers could move more quickly from sketches to testable 3D designs, reducing development costs, shortening design cycles, and exploring a wider range of ideas without creating large amounts of new training data.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • Larry David’s 'Pursuit of Unhappiness' Comedy's favorite curmudgeon teamed up with an A-list cast and a former president for a new HBO sketch comedy show about American history and the inconveniences our historical heroes faced.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of sketch
Noun
  • Writing a first draft, working through a messy brief and understanding why a headline missed all build taste and instinct.
    — Rena Fallstrom, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Paramount’s legal team proposed a schedule in which opening briefs would be filed on July 28, the company reply on August 7 and the AG response on August 12.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 July 2026
Definition of brief
Noun
  • That fall, the Civil Discourse professors did indeed teach from the same basic syllabus, but the most reading assigned to a student in any week was around one hundred twenty-seven pages, and the average was around seventy-five.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • The same habits shape syllabi, theatre histories, catalogues, footnotes—the professional instinct that makes one document serious and another merely interesting.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
Definition of syllabus
Noun
  • Check out our full overview on how SpaceX changed Starship for V3 here.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Warsh appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver the Fed’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report, a routine overview of the central bank’s affairs in recent months.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of overview

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