newsy
1 Americannoun
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newsies
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Origin of newsy1
First recorded in 1825–35; news + -y 1
Origin of newsy2
Explanation
Newsy things are full of information, details, or news. A newsy letter from your pen pal fills you in on everything she's been doing since the last time she wrote. Newsy is a great, informal way to describe a chatty conversation or an informative email. Your sister's newsy phone calls give you all the gossip from her summer camp, and a newspaper columnist's newsy interviews are incredibly detailed. Since the 1830s, newsy has meant "full of news," from news, literally "new things," and the Old English root neowe, "new."
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In a newsy weekend on the AI front, CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI won’t target an initial public offering this year and noted that making AI safer will entail “significant costs.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The Atlantic reported that the White House's strategy was to try to push the conflict into the background, avoiding more military action and focusing on less newsy economic measures against Tehran.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The newsy bit: As of model-year 2026, all RAV4s are hybrid RAV4s—Toyota has eliminated the gas-only option.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
And whatever the result in Gorton and Denton, this will be a newsy by-election.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
The worse part was getting newsy letters from Elsa and Sinita in the capital.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
It's unquestionably the style statement of the Northern Open—a tournament won by a 20-something man in a newsies cap—and we are Hulk-green with jealousy.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 27, 2018
“I always knew what I would do with this,” says Gattelli, who adds that he was around the age of the newsies when the movie came out.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2015
And few American TV newsies do it with more exuberant panache than Jesse Jones, who makes a triumphant return this week to local airwaves after sitting out a six-month noncompete clause.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2015
Although the publishers would continue to charge 6 cents for 10 papers, they agreed to buy back any papers the newsies were unable to sell.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2012
"Wait! I just wanted to see if the newsies were right."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Would it not contribute to the national awareness and conversation if the newspaper of the nation’s capital discussed this in a newsier section?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2020
That Cleese's costar in this project is the great Alison Steadman, perhaps best known in the States as Mrs. Bennet in the 1995 Jennifer Ehle-Colin Firth "Pride and Prejudice," makes this news even newsier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2018
For newsier updates, try our sibling newsletter the Slatest.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2016
CBS has already tried to position itself as a newsier alternative in the morning.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2012
Their forecasts of energy crises and resource shortages seemed not only newsier but also more intuitively correct.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2010
Not sure “chaotic” would quite be the word to describe the organization’s offseason, but it was one of the newsiest ones we’ve seen around here.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
His sentencing ends his time in the spotlight as America’s newsiest financial crook.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2024
Just look at the TV ratings for 2020, the newsiest of years with the pandemic; a stormy presidential election campaign and aftermath; and a racial and social awakening in America.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 5, 2021
They briefed reporters, on background, about the book’s newsiest bits.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2019
Yet one of the distinctions of “A Higher Loyalty” is that the newsiest elements appear fairly deep in the book.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2018
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