tab·loid
ˈta-ˌblȯid 
1
: of, relating to, or resembling tabloids
especially
: featuring stories of violence, crime, or scandal presented in a sensational manner
tabloid television
2
: compressed or condensed into small scope
tabloid criticism
Examples of tabloid in a Sentence
Noun
She is used to seeing her name in the tabloids.
Recent Examples on the Web
Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Who is David Pecker? David Pecker is the former president and CEO of American Media Inc. (AMI), the parent company of the tabloid the National Enquirer and a longtime friend to Trump.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
The tabloid paid McDougal $150,000 for the rights to her story, which Cohen funded.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
The new look made headlines in entertainment magazines, sports outlets, fashion magazines and tabloids in the U.S. and overseas.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Trump, his attorney, and the tabloid ultimately paid that woman $150,000 and gave her two magazine features—while Trump allegedly promised to reimburse the tabloid, the indictment claims.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Now, all of a sudden, he’s being covered by underground rap microblogs with the intensity of UK tabloids obsessing over ex–Love Island stars and Black Premier League strikers.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2024
The documents rattled off a number of seedy stories that would have been right at home in a venerable supermarket tabloid, had they actually been published.
—Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The video release on Friday will be seen as an attempt by the Royals to take back control of coverage of Middleton’s health recovery from U.K. tabloid newspapers, U.S. publications and social media platforms.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
Alex Berg, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said the evidence will show that Pecker found potentially damaging info through his tabloid network and then reported back to Trump and Cohen.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
Colangelo described to jurors a meeting between Trump, his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen and a tabloid publisher, David Pecker, in which the three agreed to a three-pronged conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
The jury of 12 New Yorkers who will weigh Mr. Trump’s legal fate before millions of voters decide his political future also heard brief testimony from the prosecution’s leadoff witness, David Pecker, a former tabloid publisher who was close with Mr. Trump.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Here are the names of the reported potential witnesses, whose testimonies could shape the outcome of the trial:
David Pecker
Pecker, a long-time friend of Trump, formerly served as the publisher of the National Enquirer, a tabloid newspaper, according to the Associated Press.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Last year, Prince Harry won a lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers, another tabloid publisher.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
Such questions exploded from Reddit threads and tabloid pages to mainstream news outlets last month when William cited personal matters as his reason for missing the funeral of his late godfather, King Constantine of Greece.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The encounter was written up by a tabloid newspaper — Bass says the man who chatted him up was in fact a journalist — and the Mississippi native says speculation about his sexuality went into overdrive.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
Noun
The tabloid, for example, ran stories about Mr. Trump’s primary opponents, including Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Who is David Pecker? David Pecker is the former president and CEO of American Media Inc. (AMI), the parent company of the tabloid the National Enquirer and a longtime friend to Trump.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
The tabloid paid McDougal $150,000 for the rights to her story, which Cohen funded.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
The new look made headlines in entertainment magazines, sports outlets, fashion magazines and tabloids in the U.S. and overseas.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
Trump, his attorney, and the tabloid ultimately paid that woman $150,000 and gave her two magazine features—while Trump allegedly promised to reimburse the tabloid, the indictment claims.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Now, all of a sudden, he’s being covered by underground rap microblogs with the intensity of UK tabloids obsessing over ex–Love Island stars and Black Premier League strikers.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2024
The documents rattled off a number of seedy stories that would have been right at home in a venerable supermarket tabloid, had they actually been published.
—Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
The video release on Friday will be seen as an attempt by the Royals to take back control of coverage of Middleton’s health recovery from U.K. tabloid newspapers, U.S. publications and social media platforms.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
Adjective
The term Sapphic can also be found in 1930s tabloid headlines, and several lesbian publications in the ‘70s and ‘80s incorporated the word Sappho in their names.
—Alex Berg, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo said the evidence will show that Pecker found potentially damaging info through his tabloid network and then reported back to Trump and Cohen.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Apr. 2024
Colangelo described to jurors a meeting between Trump, his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen and a tabloid publisher, David Pecker, in which the three agreed to a three-pronged conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
The jury of 12 New Yorkers who will weigh Mr. Trump’s legal fate before millions of voters decide his political future also heard brief testimony from the prosecution’s leadoff witness, David Pecker, a former tabloid publisher who was close with Mr. Trump.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Here are the names of the reported potential witnesses, whose testimonies could shape the outcome of the trial:
David Pecker
Pecker, a long-time friend of Trump, formerly served as the publisher of the National Enquirer, a tabloid newspaper, according to the Associated Press.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Last year, Prince Harry won a lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers, another tabloid publisher.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024
Such questions exploded from Reddit threads and tabloid pages to mainstream news outlets last month when William cited personal matters as his reason for missing the funeral of his late godfather, King Constantine of Greece.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
The encounter was written up by a tabloid newspaper — Bass says the man who chatted him up was in fact a journalist — and the Mississippi native says speculation about his sexuality went into overdrive.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
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“Tabloid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabloid. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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