RSS

Digital Technology.

1. Really Simple Syndication: an XML-based standard and format used to distribute recent news and other frequently updated content appearing on a website.

   an RSS reader; RSS files; RSS feeds.

RSS

abbreviation

1. 1. Rich Site Summary: a way of allowing web users to receive news headlines and updates on their browser from selected websites as soon as they are published

   2. ( as modifier )

      an RSS newsfeed

2. Really Simple Syndication: a way of allowing web users to receive syndicated newsletters and email alerts

Example Sentences

Earlier this month, the RSS—which counts Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a lifelong member and influences his government’s Hindu nationalist policies—held a gala celebration for its 100th anniversary.

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Echoing the nationalist rhetoric that propelled Modi to power, Mohan Bhagwat, leader of the RSS, called for India to resist pressure from the U.S., which recently slapped stiff tariffs on Indian goods.

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The RSS has flourished under Modi’s rule.

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The RSS is “the sacred incarnation of that eternal national consciousness,” the Indian leader said a day ahead of the group’s centenary celebration, when he unveiled a commemorative coin bearing the first-ever such depiction of Bharat Mata—India depicted as a Hindu goddess—an image the RSS has long revered.

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During Modi’s more than a decade in power, the RSS’s “ideas have moved from the periphery to the center of political power,” said Milan Vaishnav, director of the South Asia Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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