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running story

noun

, Journalism.
  1. a story continued in subsequent issues of a newspaper or magazine; serial.
  2. a story sent to the compositor in takes.


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Example Sentences

Julia’s departure soon after the couple’s wedding created a rift between mother and daughter, the reparation of which is among the show’s running story lines.

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But mostly, the blog will attempt to tell a running story of our times, with jokes.

Michael Tomasky's new blog launches today: a running story of our times, with jokes.

After the lead is finished a court report usually turns into a running story of the evidence as it was presented.

The running story is usually written while the hearing is in session or taken from a stenographic report of the hearing.

The second part, like the golf report, should be a detailed running story of the fight by rounds.

These men had no interest in the routine of the "running story."

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