stop press
Britishnoun
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news items inserted into a newspaper after the printing has been started
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the space regularly left blank for this
Example Sentences
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Around Singh, one sometimes needs to stop, press rewind and take it all in once more, slowly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon the Osservatore was told to stop press, await a substitute announcement for the Consistorial Congregation had erred.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wanted to use facts to stop press speculation that might prove embarrassing to his friends, and he wanted to contrast the candor of his Administration with the deviousness of his predecessor's.
From Time Magazine Archive
In journalistic vernacular "they were late in getting on to it," and therefore their reference to the crime occupied only a few lines in the "stop press news," beneath some late horse-racing results.
From The Hampstead Mystery by John R. (John Reay) Watson
"Danvers just 'phoned through," he said, "and I've sent the message downstairs for the stop press."
From The City in the Clouds by C. Ranger Gull
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