newsletter

[nooz-let-er, nyooz-]

noun

1. 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.

2. 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.

newsletter

/ ˈnjuːzˌlɛtə /

noun

1. Also called: news-sheet. a printed periodical bulletin circulated to members of a group

2. history a written or printed account of the news

Word History and Origins

Origin of newsletter¹

First recorded in 1665–75; news + letter ¹

Example Sentences

The updated CDC website points to a study by a University of Colorado, Boulder, environmental scientist, who also happens to have written for the newsletter of Children’s Health Defense.

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Mr. Burr is the author of the movie recommendation newsletter Ty Burr’s Watch List.

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Ms. Jacobs is the Arts Intel Report editor for the weekly newsletter Air Mail.

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Sign up for her free newsletter, Standing Room Only, also on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.

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His paper “completely upended the poinsettia business,” the Hustle newsletter reported in 2021.

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Related Words

• bulletin 
• journal 
• magazine 
• pamphlet