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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Six with significant exposure were highlighted Thursday by The Seven Report’s Tom Essaye in his daily newsletter.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
As Salon’s Alex Galbraith recently explained in his daily newsletter, Crash Course, Walsh assumes his viewers “weren’t paying attention when their history classes got slightly more complicated.”
From Salon • May 20, 2026
He wrote in his “The Fusion Conclusion” newsletter that many fusion experts “think that what TAE is trying to do is improbable if not impossible and have physics-informed calculations to back up their opinions.”
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Today’s newsletter was curated by Liz Webber in collaboration with publishing editor Joe Haberstroh in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
There, under a bookstore newsletter, is an incoming message from none other than Nathan Daldry.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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