newswire
Americannoun
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a service transmitted especially by teletypewriter and providing late-breaking news stories, stock-market results, or other up-to-the-minute information.
We took the story off the newswires.
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a teletypewriter or other machine by which such information is transmitted or received.
Etymology
Origin of newswire
Example Sentences
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"They were arrested this morning and the process will move forward according to the law," Kathmandu Valley police spokesman Om Adhikari told newswire Agence France-Presse.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Previously, he worked as a staff reporter for France's AFP newswire service and the Korea Herald newspaper.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong invited Putin to "soon" visit the country and "Putin happily accepted the invitation," Vietnam News Agency, the state's official newswire, reported late on Tuesday.
From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2023
The Dutch newswire ANP reported that there were 498 electric vehicles on board, citing the ship charter company K Line.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023
The news service announced on Facebook and its newswire that the tweet was fake.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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