United Press International

American  

noun

1. a business organization of newspapers in the U.S., together with representatives abroad, for the reporting and interchange of news. UPI, U.P.I.

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Example Sentences

“We take on, headlong, all the things that you’re supposed to avoid. We fight the battles that we jointly feel we have to fight and we win some and we lose some,” Hirst told United Press International in 1988.

From Los Angeles Times

At one point, a reporter for United Press International spotted FBI agents at the Portland police station and asked a clerk what they were doing.

From Los Angeles Times

Dubbed the Mainichi Star Bowl after its sponsor, the Mainichi Daily News, the game was described as a “lackluster affair yet delighted the Japanese,” as about 38,000 fans filled Korakuen Stadium for a 20-10 Cardinals victory, according to United Press International.

From Los Angeles Times

USC was voted No. 1 in the final United Press International poll, splitting the national title with Alabama, which lost to the Trojans early in the season, 24-14, but was voted No. 1 in the Associated Press poll.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1982, though, Rumsfeld was serving as CEO of a pharmaceutical company when the United Press International wire service contacted him to ask about Ronald Reagan’s economic policies.

From Slate