news peg
Americannoun
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a news story that forms the basis of or justification for a feature story, editorial, political cartoon, or the like.
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the reference in a feature story, editorial, or the like, to the newsworthy event that underlies or justifies it.
Etymology
Origin of news peg
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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The next change — and this is the breaking news peg that makes this column so timely — will occur on Saturday, Feb. 5.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2022
Meanwhile, we wrung as much change as we could from this news peg.
From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2017
I wanted to talk about my favorite actor all the time and in depth and without any particular news peg.
From The Verge • Nov. 3, 2017
We used to run this annual contest where we would publish a list of the questions submitted to the Explainer that we had opted not to answer, usually because they had no news peg.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2016
All of which serves as a news peg for a thesis longtime readers may recognize.
From MSNBC • Apr. 28, 2016
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