newsstand

American  

[nooz-stand, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌstænd, ˈnyuz- /

noun

1. a stall or other place at which newspapers and often periodicals are sold, as on a street corner or in a building lobby.

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newsstand British  

/ ˈnjuːzˌstænd /

noun

1. a portable stand or stall in the street, from which newspapers are sold

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Etymology

Origin of newsstand

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; news + stand

Example Sentences

The friendly chap from the newsstand sports an officer’s uniform from a couple of wars ago.

From Literature

“Our reporters have chased their last stories. Our presses have printed their last copies. Our corner newsstands have opened for the last time,” owner Alan Smolinisky wrote in a post on the newspaper’s website Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times

On our walk back to the Oxford House, we passed a newsstand.

From The Wall Street Journal

For seven days in early October, Anthropic’s large language model Claude was the brand-in-residence at the Air Mail newsstand, the physical outpost for the digital magazine founded by former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter.

From MarketWatch

“A handwritten sign on a wall, a name on a doorplate, a flyer on a telephone pole, or an unusual magazine at a newsstand would spin me toward a story.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• booth
• stall