newsprint

noun

news·​print ˈnüz-ˌprint How to pronounce newsprint (audio)
ˈnyüz-
: paper made chiefly from groundwood pulp and used mostly for newspapers

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The chilling statistics, broadcast over the airwaves, published in newsprint and shared on the internet, vary depending on the news organization and its definition of a school shooting. Nigel Chiwaya, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024 Somewhere in my mid 30s I got fed up of arriving at the office with newsprint on my hands. Katy Thompsett, refinery29.com, 19 Sep. 2024 Martha had woken up from a nap in her hospital bed, and there was her mother, sitting in an armchair, doing a word search in a book with newsprint pages. Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024 Thus preserved, the pictures forfeit their essential character, just as trees lose their nature when turned into firewood or newsprint. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for newsprint 

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of newsprint was in 1909

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“Newsprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newsprint. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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newsprint

noun
news·​print ˈn(y)üz-ˌprint How to pronounce newsprint (audio)
: paper made chiefly from wood pulp and used mostly for newspapers

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