news service
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of news service
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Nimrod Cohen, 21, was on duty trying to secure the area near kibbutz Nirim when his tank malfunctioned, his father told the U.N.’s news service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
ABC News has also been investing in the streaming news service ABC News Now, which attracts younger viewers but only a fraction of the audience size for network TV broadcasts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025
The BBC, though, was the fifth most visited online site in Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole, and had the highest daily audience of any news service.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024
He said, ‘I want you to make it the best news service on the planet, pal.’
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2024
Instead of permitting us to receive newspapers or listen to radio, they started their own radio news service, which consisted of a daily canned summary of the news read over the prison’s intercom system.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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