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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Example Sentences
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The FAA also said Friday that Boeing would issue a bulletin to airlines explaining how to recognize and respond to the problem should it occur during flight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
"That includes several audits. They have now reconciled their historical data, and recently they published a revised bulletin with the historical data, incorporating the findings of the debt," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 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
The water spills over the cup and I don’t even have the common sense or decency to immediately wipe it because that’s my face on the bulletin board.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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
China-linked hacks have often been the focus of these bulletins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
His doctors’ daily medical bulletins were often intentionally misleading.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
In Paris, the principal radio station bulletined news of the Pope's death 67 hours before it happened, then made it self look more foolish the following day with the breathless announcement, "He's still alive!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Several times each day the struggle between Death and Life was bulletined.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ministry of Interior bulletined the President's relapse into profound coma.
From Time Magazine Archive
The doctors bulletined, "The situation is very grave."
From Time Magazine Archive
Such wireless news as the naval authorities considered well to distribute to the passengers of the Admiral 81 Pekhard was bulletined by the radio room door.
From Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils by Alice B. Emerson
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