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Recent Examples of newsgroup
The song was recorded off the German radio station NDR in the early ’80s and was just a question mark on a cassette case until 2007, when it was digitized and posted to various Usenet newsgroups and music forums along with requests for the internet’s help in identifying the track.
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Adam Bumas, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
But people in the IF newsgroups were on the brink of two important events that changed the outlook for the better within their community.
—Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
In 1995, the writing IF newsgroup started talking about holding a competition for shorter games.
—Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
With modern technology, the birding community is well connected today, often sharing sightings of rare birds via text, group email or newsgroups.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
For certain newsgroups, the job is not about reporting the news, no matter how uncomfortable.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
What came back was an FAQ from a newsgroup called rec.sport.pro-wrestling.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2023
And some of them will survive if they're very well maintained and the community has a definite long-view purpose, like a list serve or a newsgroup that is still going.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
The planned acquisition echoed the takeover of the newsgroup Network18 Media and Investments Ltd., by Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate, in May 2014, the month that the BJP won national elections in a landslide.
—Tripti Lahiri, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
Adam Bumas, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
But people in the IF newsgroups were on the brink of two important events that changed the outlook for the better within their community.
—Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
In 1995, the writing IF newsgroup started talking about holding a competition for shorter games.
—Anna Washenko, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
With modern technology, the birding community is well connected today, often sharing sightings of rare birds via text, group email or newsgroups.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
For certain newsgroups, the job is not about reporting the news, no matter how uncomfortable.
—Becket Adams, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
What came back was an FAQ from a newsgroup called rec.sport.pro-wrestling.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2023
And some of them will survive if they're very well maintained and the community has a definite long-view purpose, like a list serve or a newsgroup that is still going.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
The planned acquisition echoed the takeover of the newsgroup Network18 Media and Investments Ltd., by Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate, in May 2014, the month that the BJP won national elections in a landslide.
—Tripti Lahiri, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsgroup
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The Wall Street Journal reports that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has hosted other Signal chat rooms with sensitive material, including about Ukraine.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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When many people access the same link simultaneously—such as when a GitLab link is shared in a chat room—site visitors can face significant delays.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
25 Mar. 2025
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Plus, Chris Christie on the debate over presidential powers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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And look for dozens of episodes featuring genre-spanning discussions, debates, and explainers with Rolling Stone’s critics and reporters.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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Five high-value use cases within the communications discipline include: 1. competitive research, 2. message development, 3. simulated focus groups, 4. benchmarking and trend identification, and 5. brainstorming.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images In May 2023, the trio met for the first brainstorming session for The Pitt, only for the WGA to announce its strike the next day, sending Wyle out onto the Hollywood picket lines around Netflix and Warner Bros.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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This was intended to be a an [sic] internal and private deliberation amongst high-level senior staff and sensitive information was discussed.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
26 Mar. 2025
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In addition, the public must be assured these sorts of internal deliberations will in the future occur only in a secure setting.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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At previous synods, women were only allowed more marginal roles of observers or experts, literally seated in the last row of the audience hall while the bishops and cardinals took the front rows and voted.—
Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Oct. 2023
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In the Polish Pope’s world view, anti-Communism and traditionalism were inextricably combined; for him, renewal had spread out of control, and the regional synods were part of the problem.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2023
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This was the world’s largest reptile congregation, an ecological phenomenon unlike anything else on Earth.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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It's now used as an educational community center, as the congregation built a new church in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement.—
Jalynn Hilton,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Do the five freedoms mentioned in the First Amendment – freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition – apply to undocumented immigrants?—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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Everyone should have their constitutional rights to assembly, free speech, freedom of religion and free press protected.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Newsgroup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsgroup. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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