newsweekly

[ nooz-week-lee, nyooz- ]

/ ˈnuzˌwik li, ˈnyuz- /

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noun, plural news·week·lies.

a newsmagazine or newspaper published weekly.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.

Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of newsweekly

First recorded in 1945–50; news + weekly

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Dougherty was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by his editors at the Phoenix New Times, an alternative newsweekly.
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The Washington Post Company put its newsweekly on the block Wednesday.
Newsweek's Greatest Hits|The Daily Beast|May 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Rick Outzen is publisher and editor of Independent News, the alternative newsweekly for Northwest Florida.
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