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newswire

American  
[nooz-wahyuhr, nyooz-] / ˈnuzˌwaɪər, ˈnyuz- /

noun

  1. a service transmitted especially by teletypewriter and providing late-breaking news news stories, stock-market results, or other up-to-the-minute information.

    We took the story off the newswires.

  2. a teletypewriter or other machine by which such information is transmitted or received.

Etymology

Origin of newswire

news + wire

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

Previously, he worked as a staff reporter for France's AFP newswire service and the Korea Herald newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ian currently manages the U.K. companies desk, overseeing corporate news flashes and quick fire fills for both the Dow Jones Newswire and The Wall Street Journal's website.

From The Wall Street Journal

The statement on Williams’ health was issued on PR Newswire.

From Seattle Times

Italian authorities managed to rescue 43 people but the two-year-old girl died on board the ship that was carrying them ashore, newswire AGI wrote.

From Reuters

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