news flash
Americannoun
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news flashes
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of news flash
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Nothing about the very obvious messages here—about colonialism, religious fanaticism, institutionalized violence and the exploitation of native peoples—amounts to a news flash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Much of the recent coverage about Russia and Ukraine reminds me of that Afghan news flash in 1987.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
To the millions who greedily gobbled up scuttlebutt about her legendary meanness over the years, this is far from a news flash.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
In “A Lot of Nothing,” James and Vanessa, a Black couple, are watching television on the couch in their well-appointed Los Angeles home when a news flash alerts them to “another officer-involved shooting.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
“And other things. And news flash, you’re not Socrates.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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