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broadsheet

[brawd-sheet]

noun

  1. Chiefly British.,  a newspaper printed on large paper, usually a respectable newspaper rather than a tabloid.

  2. broadside.



broadsheet

/ ˈbrɔːdˌʃiːt /

noun

  1. a newspaper having a large format, approximately 15 by 24 inches (38 by 61 centimetres) Compare tabloid

  2. another word for broadside

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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His adversaries think he’ll crumple like yesterday’s broadsheet when they turn him away, and are perturbed to realize he’s more like the human equivalent of tissue hanging onto the heel of a shoe.

From Salon

But the featured clips don’t foreground the broadsheet’s noble history.

From Salon

"Do we see broadsheets reviewing romance books? No. And they are just as important, literary books."

From BBC

From there he joined new title The Sun, then a left-leaning broadsheet, in the years before it was acquired by Rupert Murdoch.

From BBC

But it’s nevertheless become a major talking point in Sweden, from opinion pieces in broadsheet newspapers, to panel discussions at Almedalen – a huge annual cross-party political event – and on Swedish public service television.

From BBC

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