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

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.

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“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.”

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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.

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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.”

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Things went whoosh! and she signed with legendary agent John Casablancas, then decamped to New York, where she worked for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and virtually every other fashion magazine on the newsstand.

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Related Words

• booth 
• stall