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newsweekly

American  
[nooz-week-lee, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌwik li, ˈnjuz- /

noun

  • newsweeklies
    plural
  1. a newsmagazine or newspaper published weekly.


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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of newsweekly

First recorded in 1945–50; news + weekly

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In 2008, I was the editor of an alternative newsweekly in Birmingham, Howie’s hometown and my own.

From Salon Feb. 9, 2025

In a city brimming with daily newspapers, The Voice found its niche as an alternative newsweekly in the bohemian culture of Greenwich Village, where another weekly, The Villager, had been publishing since the 1930s.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2023

The Italian newsweekly L’Espresso in 2017 published the audio recordings of the migrants’ desperate calls for help and Italian and Maltese authorities seemingly delaying the rescue.

From Seattle Times Oct. 6, 2022

German left-leaning newsweekly Der Spiegel on Thursday discussed the possibility of another Trump candidacy in the 2024 election.

From Washington Post Nov. 12, 2020

We laughed and said we might as well ask for Time magazine, because The Economist was also a newsweekly.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“I hate thinking about all the magazines and newsweeklies and newspapers that have shuddered to a halt since I began working,” Orlean writes.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2025

You have said that newsweeklies provided a cultural lifeline for you and used Life magazine pages to demonstrate your response to its reports on the “counterculture.”

From New York Times Oct. 3, 2019

They founded scores of independent newsweeklies in the 70s and 80s.

From The Guardian Jul. 2, 2017

Back then, the newsweeklies weren’t releasing much of their content online.

From Slate Sep. 19, 2016

District Court in Phoenix on behalf of several bookstores and publishing associations, the owner of the Village Voice and 12 other alternative newsweeklies nationwide, and the National Press Photographers Association.

From US News Sep. 23, 2014

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