news

plural noun

ˈnüz How to pronounce news (audio)
Definition of newsnext
as in information
a report of recent events or facts not previously known dropped by to give me the latest news about her daughter

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Recent Examples of news In early 2025 Garrett Boudinot, a geochemist who founded alkalinity company Vycarb, argued on the climate news site Carbon Herald that mCDR should be measured directly. — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Bryan echoing the Truckers is very good news, since their own rambunctious salad days eventually yielded some of this century’s best American anthems. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026 The bad news began in Asia, with the market debut of AI cloud provider Elice. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Among them, as the video game news site IGN noted, were a 1995 Upper Deck 23K Gold Michael Jordan card and a 2024 One Piece Simplified Chinese 1st Anniversary Set Nami. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026 Starring Martin Clunes as Edwards, Power explored the allegations around the relationship between the BBC news anchor and a vulnerable teenager. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 Three men and two women were found dead inside, according to a Mundelein police news release. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026 According to a news release, the Halloween Fly-In event is a project of the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1714 and is sponsored by Flight Level 510, an aircraft rental company. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Toto writes for Mongabay, an independent news organization focused on nature. — Elodie Toto, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

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