newsworthy
adjective
news·wor·thy
ˈnüz-ˌwər-t͟hē 
ˈnyüz-
: interesting enough to the general public to warrant reporting
Examples of newsworthy in a Sentence
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And the reality is, there are newsworthy things going on.
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Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
Some companies are moving away from the term ESG
Even just having the acronyms on a website—or not—has become newsworthy.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
Other major newsworthy events, like the pandemic and mass shootings, have also been plagued by social media conspiracies.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
Maybe, someday, women performing music at the frequency the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is seeing this summer — on nearly every residency program — wouldn’t be newsworthy, and certainly not the basis of a three-day festival-within-a-festival.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
This time, afew also attended newsworthy events like India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to a joint meeting of Congress.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
Their claims, under oath at a House Ways and Means hearing, are newsworthy and politically explosive.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 June 2023
There is no evidence that Hubbard discovered a woolly mammoth on Akutan, which would have been newsworthy all by itself.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2023
That Trump is newsworthy for being the dominant Republican force in America today is unquestionable.
—Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 4 May 2023
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Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
Some companies are moving away from the term ESG
Even just having the acronyms on a website—or not—has become newsworthy.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
Other major newsworthy events, like the pandemic and mass shootings, have also been plagued by social media conspiracies.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
Maybe, someday, women performing music at the frequency the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is seeing this summer — on nearly every residency program — wouldn’t be newsworthy, and certainly not the basis of a three-day festival-within-a-festival.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
This time, afew also attended newsworthy events like India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to a joint meeting of Congress.
—Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
Their claims, under oath at a House Ways and Means hearing, are newsworthy and politically explosive.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 June 2023
There is no evidence that Hubbard discovered a woolly mammoth on Akutan, which would have been newsworthy all by itself.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2023
That Trump is newsworthy for being the dominant Republican force in America today is unquestionable.
—Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 4 May 2023
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First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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newsworthy
adjective
news·wor·thy
-ˌwər-t͟hē
: sufficiently interesting to the average person to deserve reporting
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