How to Use newswire in a Sentence

newswire

noun
  • The filing was news to Garth, who found out through the newswires.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • After photos hit the newswires, a friend reached out in horror.
    — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Williams said at a Purple Purse event, according to the newswire.
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 21 June 2018
  • No telling whether those are truly accurate figures — but all have been published with sources on the newswires.
    — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 8 June 2018
  • For smaller updates, use newswires or lean on investors and partners to amplify the message.
    — Alex Topchishvili, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Each is a silo, a dedicated newswire not meant for commenting or sharing.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Or, at least, that part of its name implying the firehose of information obtained from something like a newswire.
    — Andy Meek, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Wilder's ouster, and the newswire's lack of candor about its cause, has caused a rare uproar inside the storied news organization.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 24 May 2021
  • However, both restrictions can be bypassed — the second with a password — the newswire noted.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
  • Russian state newswire Tass has since reported that Zvegintsev was detained last month and is under house arrest.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • When this latest study hit the newswire, dozens of concerned Nutrition Diva listeners reached out to me for comment.
    — Nutrition Diva Monica Reinagel, Scientific American, 29 July 2019
  • Gas prices in Pyongyang have spiked by about 20% in the past two months, according to the newswire Agence France Presse.
    — Jonathan Kaiman, latimes.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The Mossos have been ordered to take down photos of Puigdemont from their police stations, Efe newswire reported.
    — Rodrigo Orihuela, Bloomberg.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Salvini, who heads the center-right alliance and the euroskeptic League party, said according to newswire Ansa.
    — Bloomberg.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The internet and newswires were awash with pictures and videos of citizens sitting on the ground being bludgeoned with batons and whipped by police officers.
    — Evan Mawarire, Time, 23 Aug. 2019
  • When he was finally released, his colleagues at the newswire’s New York City headquarters showered him with a hero’s welcome.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2024
  • For now the officer remains on administrative leave and faces an internal department review of the shooting, the newswire notes.
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Wells told social media newswire Storyful the bear was stuck in the car for almost two and a half hours before her husband shot the driver's window with a pellet gun so the bear could get out.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • Bolognini also suggested panic may have contributed to the deadly dive, according to Italian newswires.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
  • Turner, 83, passed away Wednesday, after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, her manager told the newswire service.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • The newswire talked to several experts who expressed concern that the truck’s stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt passengers and cyclists, as well as cause damage to other vehicles.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The historic site is surrounded by notices advising onlookers not to touch, climb or use it as a water source, Lex Jones told newswire Storyful.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to Ukraine's minister of internal affairs shared the footage from newswire Reuters which appeared to show the weapon falling on the city.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Asian actress, identified by the newswire as Lou Naiming, was also decked out in a traditional outfit, complete with a large, fake butt and blackface makeup.
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The Associated Press is a newswire of record, structured as a nonprofit, supplying news alerts, analysis and other building blocks of news coverage to outlets around the world.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Later, violence erupted between law enforcement and about 3,000 far-right activists, the DPA newswire reported.
    — Andrew Davis, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The relationship was symbiotic, as the White House needed the big television networks and newswire services such as the Associated Press to broadcast its message to the public.
    — Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2025
  • After a few photojournalists were arrested in the UAE last month, some global newswires stopped publishing original images showing damage from Iranian missile and drone strikes on the country.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Less than 5 percent of individuals had additional personal information shared with immigration authorities, which potentially violates federal law protecting taxpayer data, per the newswire.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian traitor and close Putin ally, whom the Russian president wanted to install in Zelenskyy’s place after the invasion, recently spelled out Kremlin goals to the official TASS newswire.
    — Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025

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