newsstand

[ nooz-stand, nyooz- ]

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.

newsstand

/ ˈnjuːzˌstænd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of newsstand¹

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

Example Sentences

The newsstands of old are today’s “news feeds” and publishers have been blindsided again and again when platforms change the rules.

From Search Engine Land

Visit a school for housewives in Iceland, an iconic newsstand in Paris, two canine guardians that watch over the oldest skate park in Santiago, Chile, and much more.

From Time

Both will be full city takeovers, including digital bulletins on major Chicago expressways, and digital bus shelters and wrapped newsstands in Philadelphia, he said.

From Digiday

By the early 1950s there were some 150 similar titles on the newsstands.

From Time

For more tales of resilience, check out the latest issue of Popular Science—it’s on newsstands now!

From Popular-Science

At its height, The Source had a reported circulation of 500,000 and was outselling Rolling Stone on the newsstand.

From The Daily Beast

Penance is available at the Newsstand, Miami and at alldayeveryday.com for $45—$500.

From The Daily Beast

But he said that when he was 12, his uncle had a newsstand in Philadelphia, and he was reading the papers at a very young age.

From The Daily Beast

Newsstand sales, which comprise a small portion of sales but have much bigger margins, have been falling across the industry.

From The Daily Beast

Bush had to be converted into Churchill for the sake of the national psyche, or newsstand sales, or something or other.

From The Daily Beast

I tried to use it at a newsstand first, and the man wouldn't touch it.

From Project Gutenberg

The Daily Intelligencer was spread on a newsstand, a smudgy black bannerhead fouling its pure bosom.

From Project Gutenberg

As he did so the steed made a plunge along the sidewalk for several yards, knocking over a barber's pole and a newsstand.

From Project Gutenberg

The time it takes to transfer the literature from our pockets to the window sills, newsstand or bench is about two seconds.

From Project Gutenberg

I stopped in a drug store and saw Astounding Stories on the newsstand.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• booth
• stall