newsie

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Recent Examples of newsie Each newsie had been looking forward for days to this feast, and had so regulated his meals as to make sure of an adequate appetite when the momentous occasion arrived. San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022 Karla Castillo Medina goes door to door at the migrant shelter, delivering newspapers like an old-fashioned newsie. Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2022 The cast is wild; Vincent Kartheiser plays an American war profiteer with what can only be described as a newsie-from-Newsies accent, and Lizzy Caplan plays a French resistance figure with substance use issues who ends up hooking up with Krieps. Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 Dec. 2020 Marco Tzunux is charismatic and likable as Jack Kelly, the dreamer/realist who unifies the newsies to strike. Elaine Schmidt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2019 The 1910 census notes four newsies listed as black; the 1920 census mentions five. Gwen Thompkins, The New Yorker, 8 July 2019 Her husband, Jeff Sensat, plays Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher who raises the price of newspapers to the newsies to beat his competition. Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018 Yet the kids worry their struggle is doomed unless the Brooklyn newsies join the fight. Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 14 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsie
Noun
  • For years, Wilson has been asked the same questions, either by reporters or friends back in Ontario.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Associated Press reporters Tim Reynolds in Miami, David Lieb in Jefferson City, Missouri, and Alan Suderman in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to this report.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Diane Brady is an award-winning business journalist and author who has interviewed newsmakers worldwide and often speaks about the global business landscape.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The one-of-a-kind immersive activation was designed to spotlight the Austrian crystal brand’s milestone 130 years in business and is the brainchild of Swarovski global creative director Giovanna Engelbert, curated with the help of British fashion journalist and critic Alexander Fury.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Breaking news will be part of the mix, drawing on CNN’s international correspondents, but also planned are other segments, like movie reviews, Michaelson said.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The service processes transactions to over 130 countries with reduced settlement times, though still requiring traditional correspondent banking infrastructure.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bartleby, to be sure, often works at home as do most newsmen.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
  • By the time the cameras stopped clicking and the newsmen flew home, Kentucky had been humiliated in the national press, the onlooker’s violence both disputed and affirmed in accounts of this day.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The iconic newsperson died Friday evening her representative Cindi Berger tells PEOPLE.
    Stephen M. Silverman, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
  • And then, art imitated life when Apple TV+ released The Morning Show, which followed the story of disgraced newsperson Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell), who was ousted by his network for inappropriate relationships with women.
    Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • With Devils mainstay goalie Jacob Markstrom sidelined due to a lower body injury, third-stringer Nico Daws made his first start of the season for New Jersey and stopped 29 shots.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As a Columbus sophomore, Mendoza started out as a fourth-stringer and had to wait his turn behind Brandon McDuffie, a senior captain in 2019.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stone and the interviewer in question reunited again at the festival in 2025, with another viral interaction.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Pally goes with the flow as well as anyone, which puts an interviewer at ease — as that’s when inadvertent insults can happen.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All the while, the newshound indulged in her secret pleasure of writing poetry in her off time as an outlet for her homesickness and stress relief.
    Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Viewers, newshounds, and political pundits aren’t immune to the utopian vision of The West Wing, where the corridors of power are filled with whip-smart strategists and bright-eyed idealists who put country first.
    Jason Bailey, TIME, 24 July 2024

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“Newsie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsie. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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