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newspaper

Definition

  • noun: a set of large sheets of paper that have news stories, information about local events, advertisements, etc., and that are folded together and sold every day or every week
  • noun: a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising
  • verb: to do newspaper work
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: paper, gazette, courant

Examples

  • He likes to stay home and read the Sunday 'newspaper'. [='paper']

  • He used some 'newspaper' to get the fire started.

  • She worked for the 'newspaper' for 20 years.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Thank you. I got her hotel phone records. Xania made two phone calls... ...to a notorious black-market diamond cutter. There she is! Newspapers! Newspapers! Newspapers! Newspapers! Floor . I smell something fishy. (..)
    2006 The Pink Panther
  • (..) Yes! Yes! Yes! And then, in front of a stadium filled with people... The newspapers fed on Gluant's murder with a frenzy. ... it was an opportunity for my greatest triumph. I know what we need for the Gluant case. (..)
    2006 The Pink Panther