bulletin
Americannoun
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bulletins
plural
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a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
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Journalism.
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a brief, prominently featured newspaper account, based upon information received just before the edition went to press.
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a similar brief account broadcast over radio or television pending further information.
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a pamphlet or monograph summarizing the past achievements, existing conditions, and future plans of a corporation, educational institution, government agency, etc., especially one cataloging the classes taught at a college or university.
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an official, special, or scholarly periodical, as of a learned society.
verb (used with object)
noun
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an official statement on a matter of public interest, such as the illness of a public figure
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a broadcast summary of the news
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a periodical publication of an association, etc
verb
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bulletin
1645–55; < French, perhaps < Italian bullettino, equivalent to bullett ( a ) ( bulla bull 3 + -etta -ette ) + -ino -ine 2
Explanation
A brief news report or statement that's written or spoken is a bulletin. A TV reporter might read a bulletin announcing the winner of a presidential election, for example. You're most likely to hear a bulletin on the radio or television, usually in the form of a news update. A bulletin can also be a written or emailed report or newsletter that gives you brief information. A bulletin board is a message board that has such bulletins pinned to it. The root of bulletin is the Italian bulletta, "document" or "voting slip."
Vocabulary lists containing bulletin
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Boeing will also send a bulletin to airlines detailing the issue and instructing employees how to recognize and respond to the situation should it take place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Earlier that morning, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei published a flattering bulletin placing Schmitt atop the speculative short list to be Vice President JD Vance’s 2028 running mate, quoting admirers of the senator.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Minor debris flows may occur in the recent burn scars,” the weather service said in a Sunday morning bulletin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Only a single still-frame shot has been broadcast so far by the country's state-run flagship news bulletin.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
On the same day, Bliss told reporters that “the wound looks better than at any time yet,” and the official bulletin described the president as "somewhat restless” and "tranquil.”
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Fiona Bruce, for example, made this year's top 10 after earning £345,000 for Question Time and news bulletins, but not for hosting Antiques Roadshow.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
In a long thread posted on X Friday, designed to replicate the ten-point commodity bulletins he published at Goldman, Currie welcomed investors to “the most asymmetric trade in modern financial history.”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
Tide tables have become the stuff of national interest, and rare moments when the exhausted whale has blown water or flapped its fin have warranted breaking news bulletins.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security hasn’t published any national terrorism advisory bulletins, periodic updates to alert the public to the current threat level, since September.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
In Lake Charles, Louisiana, the news bulletins from New York City worried Theodore and his family, who had relatives in the city.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Several times each day the struggle between Death and Life was bulletined.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several U. S. correspondents present bulletined to their editors: The likeliest candidate for the Regency is Queen Marie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, having made sure that the scheme has sufficient "protein," i.e., is a good idea, the proper people can be "bulletined" and the deal "teamworked" through.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fears that the King-Emperor was sinking redoubled when the Royal physicians* bulletined their "anxiety concerning the strength of the heart."
From Time Magazine Archive
The event was flashed over the wires of the continent; it was bulletined; it was cried in the streets; it was the all-absorbing talk of the town.
From The Golden House by Charles Dudley Warner
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