wire service
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wire service
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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City News Service is the nation’s largest regional wire service and is headquartered in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times
The organization, which represents more than 100 journalists from trade publications, newspapers, wire services and TV broadcast outlets, hasn’t made a recommendation to its members on whether or not to sign.
Some of the “specials,” as we wire service correspondents called the major media then, reported that we were fired on.
From Los Angeles Times
The explosion damaged the practice’s office space, where it conducts consultations with patients, but left the IVF lab and the stored embryos there unharmed, Abdallah told the wire service.
From Los Angeles Times
Authorities told the wire service that Reyes had led the unit’s regional team for eight years and carried out more than 400 operations.
From Los Angeles Times
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