newswire

noun

news·​wire ˈnüz-ˌwī(-ə)r How to pronounce newswire (audio)
ˈnyüz-

Examples of newswire in a Sentence

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Gone are the days of writing a press release about a company and emailing it to a thousand news sites or placing it on the newswire. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 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 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 newswires are replete with anecdotal arguments about why the markets will or won’t rebound from President Donald Trump’s comprehensive tariffs. Robert Ginsburg, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for newswire

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of newswire was in 1972

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“Newswire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newswire. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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