tabloid

noun

Definition of tabloidnext
as in survey

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Recent Examples of tabloid Long before Fox News, click bait, and Truth Social; decades before Twitter, Facebook, Google, & Only Fans, these 2 men created a new tabloid which against all the odds became the biggest selling newspaper in the world. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 July 2026 The British tabloid reported that Bryon Noem paid adult entertainers and cross-dressed while role-playing. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 July 2026 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 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
  • Most of the people who sell their plasma tend to be under 35, unemployed, without a college degree, Black and male, according to a 2021 study based on two proprietary national surveys conducted between 2018 and 2021.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Going forward, many businesses are still looking for qualified workers, based on responses to an employer survey by CBIA.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of survey
Noun
  • OpenAI says the summary may not display every detail the system can draw from your past conversations.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The full results of that investigation were never made public, only a summary.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of summary
Noun
  • The book tells the story of a violent home invasion that spirals into a web of kidnapping, deception, corruption, and murder across the contemporary American South, per the synopsis.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The synopsis goes on to tease dramatic domestic and international affairs, as it was revealed in the closing moments of season three that Hal and President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) had schemed to steal a Russian nuclear weapon.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 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
  • The 2017 sketch sees Matt Damon claiming to be the father of Kimmel’s child with wife Molly McNearney, and Povich was supposed to adjudicate the dispute.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
  • For pet parents who could get their pups to sit still for long enough, a portrait artist was doing colorful sketches.
    — Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of sketch
Noun
  • Read on its own, the essay is a reasonable brief for why enterprises should treat this moment differently than the last decade of cybersecurity practice.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In a 19-page filing Tuesday, prosecutors responded to a defense brief asking Judge Tony Graf to throw out the sole aggravating factor that could expose Robinson to the death penalty.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of brief
Noun
  • Many faculty take time to talk about email with students or include a list of email do’s and don’ts in their course syllabus.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Her gift also includes 300 works from her personal art collection, amassed via a combination of trades, gifts, and purchases, as well as her teaching materials and syllabi from her three-decade tenure at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of syllabus
Noun
  • One was an overview of the resort revealing its waterfront crystalline castle nestled next to lush greenery and avant-garde attractions.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Forget the silly animal high jinks, the humble slapstick of peekaboo and patty-cake, and the earnest overviews of shapes, colors, and numbers; some of today’s baby books have far loftier ambitions.
    — Elise Broach, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of overview

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