tabloid
noun
a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page.
tabloids
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pluralof tabloid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thrust into the limelight, tabloids snapped photos of him travelling and with his new wife Rachel Danis.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
This thrust him into the limelight, with tabloids snapping photos of him travelling and with his new wife.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sightings that would have once been dismissed as hoaxes or covered by supermarket tabloids are now “respectfully discussed in the mainstream press and on the floor of Congress.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Prince Harry, who relocates back to Britain shortly with his family, will open a new chapter in his ever-eventful life which once seemed improbable amid royal feuds, battles over security and lawsuits against UK tabloids.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The tabloids waxed nostalgic for the good old days of WWII, when the enemy all spoke a foreign language and the army went somewhere else to fight.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
