newspaper

noun

ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər How to pronounce newspaper (audio)
Definition of newspapernext
as in periodical
a publication that appears at regular intervals liked to read the newspaper every morning

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Recent Examples of newspaper The story also referenced a story in El Nuevo Día, the largest circulating newspaper in Puerto Rico, quoting Díaz. — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 Lai, the founder of Hong Kong’s now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted on charges including conspiring with foreign forces and publishing seditious material. — Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 5 July 2026 Contributions from the Ford Foundation to his newsroom allowed Terry to spend three months in the United States to see how American newspapers operated and hopefully bring some of the knowledge back to the United Kingdom. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026 Joel Halldorf is Professor of Church History and a public intellectual in Scandinavia, with regular contributions to leading newspapers and cultural journals in Sweden and Norway. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for newspaper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newspaper
  1. periodical
  2. magazine
  3. journal
  4. book
  5. paper
  6. gazette
  7. bulletin
  8. organ
Noun
  • The center’s resources—all free—include more than a million books and periodicals, with 400 terminals and 75 staff members available to help dig through them.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
    — Ben Mankiewicz, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of periodical
Noun
  • Still a problem was the camera’s smaller-than-usual three-minute film magazine, which meant changing magazines in the middle of intense dramatic scenes, a situation Nolan had to plan for.
    — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The country music singer and TikTok sensation, who previously opened up about his battle with binge eating, shared his progress on his weight loss journey in a new interview with People magazine published Saturday, July 4.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of magazine
Noun
  • This project, described in the journal Additive Manufacturing, is currently a research demonstration, not a plug-and-play industrial process.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Joel Halldorf is Professor of Church History and a public intellectual in Scandinavia, with regular contributions to leading newspapers and cultural journals in Sweden and Norway.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of journal
Noun
  • The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • The midnight fireworks display on the National Mall on July 4 was one for the history books.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of book
Noun
  • On the streets of Paris, editors and buyers have been rushing between shows fan-in-hand, from high-tech cooling devices to tried-and-true paper fans.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • Instead, the 28-year-old Vacaville resident, identified in court papers as Kumari Daniel Johnson, was arrested on felony charges, court records show.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Definition of paper
Noun
  • The National Assembly passed the laws in July 2024, but the final approved wording was not published in the country’s official gazette until last week, at which time the law became effective.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
  • For a company doing business in a foreign country, commercial risk registers as rumors moving through domestic business networks days or weeks before a policy change hits the official gazette.
    — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of gazette
Noun
  • Cooley was the subject of a Silver Alert bulletin released by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation after he was reported missing.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • Welles and co designed the adaptation to sound like a news bulletin — complete with weather reports and 'expert' analysis — as the aliens made their move on New York.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of bulletin
Noun
  • After dropping out of high school in 1922, Ed Link followed his father into the family business, learning how bellows and pneumatic pressure—the guts of organs—could be made to simulate movement.
    — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
  • Turistas followed a group of American tourists who encounter an organ trafficking operation while backpacking in Brazil.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
Definition of organ

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