newsstand
Americannoun
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newsstands
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of newsstand
Explanation
A newsstand is a stand (also called a stall) that holds newspapers, magazines, comic books, and other periodicals. Sometimes there are newsstands in train stations, so you don’t have to just stand there and wait, you can read the news! The word newsstand is basically news and stand smushed together. Sometimes you still see it hyphenated, as in news-stand, but they’ve been together long enough to ditch the hyphen. It is exactly what it sounds like — a stand that sells news. A newsstand is usually a booth on a busy corner, in building lobby, or anywhere people might like to buy something to read. It’s a good word for hangman because there are two s’s in the middle.
Example Sentences
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On our walk back to the Oxford House, we passed a newsstand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
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 ● Oct. 11, 2025
Time's annual announcement of their "Person of the Year" is a rare newsstand event and a closely guarded secret.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2024
Unlike in the moments after Reagan and his predecessor, Gerald Ford, were shot, you probably didn’t turn on the nearest TV or flee to the closest newsstand to get the lowdown.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2024
The song swelled up from his wings and filled the newsstand.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
The Sing Tao Daily is one of the oldest newspapers in Hong Kong and has long been featured on newsstands in Chinatown and the San Gabriel Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
An early edition of the next day’s New York Times arrived on newsstands with a big headline at the top of the front page that said “100,000 Rally at U.N. Against Vietnam War.”
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2025
The March issue of British Vogue will be available via digital download and on newsstands from Tuesday 13 February.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2024
The newspaper, also known as the JDD, was absent from newsstands for the sixth week in a row Sunday.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Beyond the shelter along the street below were stores—all closed now: newsstands, coffee shops, stationery shops, but no houses.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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