newspaper
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,402 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,153 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements also: paper he read his newspaper at breakfast
- a business firm that publishes newspapers also: paper, newspaper publisher Murdoch owns many newspapers
- the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher also: paper when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper
- cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers also: newsprint they used bales of newspaper every day
newspaper in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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There are no mills as yet; there is no church, no newspaper.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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But the modern newspaper is no doubt a natural evolution in our social life.
The Novel and the Common School · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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An advertisement in a newspaper had led his mother on the track of what she wanted.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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It contained a newspaper cutting, which nothing but my desire to be truthful would force me to publish.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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But, when she had arrived within a few steps of him, he walked off rapidly, leaving on the bench a folded newspaper.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1