newsletter
Americannoun
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a written report, issued periodically, typically by a business, institution, or other organization, that presents information and news to people with a specific interest in the organization or subject.
our co-op’s monthly newsletter;
an employee newsletter.
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a written report and analysis of the news, often providing forecasts, typically directed at a special audience, as businesspeople, and distributed to subscribers.
a stock-market newsletter.
noun
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Also called: news-sheet. a printed periodical bulletin circulated to members of a group
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history a written or printed account of the news
Etymology
Origin of newsletter
Explanation
A newsletter is a regular, periodic publication that provides information to a specific group of people. You might subscribe to a newsletter that gives you shopping tips, or one that features information about caring for your pet ferret. Belonging to a club or a church sometimes includes receiving monthly newsletters full of news and upcoming events. Schools often send newsletters home to students' parents, so they know what's happening during the semester. Many newsletters are printed on paper and sent through the mail, while others are distributed via email. The term newsletter was common in the seventeenth century, but it fell out of favor for many years until a revival in the twentieth century.
Example Sentences
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Margaret’s newsletter, American Crisis can be found here: margaretsullivan.substack.com/
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026
In January, Chun wrote and published an essay on his public Substack newsletter critiquing some of the public's responses to the Bondi shooting.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, in a newsletter sent Saturday to his constituents, said the council’s decision to continue hiring was “fiscally irresponsible.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Today’s newsletter was curated by Cristina Roca in London, in collaboration with Bharbi Hazarika and Allison Chopin in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The boy, the story reported, not only wrote, directed, and acted in his school’s plays, but he also illustrated and edited his summer camp’s newsletter.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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