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interesting or important enough to report as news
The rescue was certainly a newsworthy story.
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Recent Examples of newsworthy
Should your company’s announcement be necessarily controversial or sensational to be newsworthy?
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Adrian Dearnell, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Netflix had also argued that the documentary was protected by the First Amendment, but the judge rejected that, ruling that the women’s names were not sufficiently newsworthy to overcome their privacy interests.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
These AMAs provide a rare, direct line of questioning between the public and notable personalities, often producing newsworthy revelations and viral moments.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
All of them have interesting and newsworthy events happening at their campuses, and all of them are deserving of some level of scrutiny.
—Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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Adrian Dearnell, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Netflix had also argued that the documentary was protected by the First Amendment, but the judge rejected that, ruling that the women’s names were not sufficiently newsworthy to overcome their privacy interests.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
These AMAs provide a rare, direct line of questioning between the public and notable personalities, often producing newsworthy revelations and viral moments.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
All of them have interesting and newsworthy events happening at their campuses, and all of them are deserving of some level of scrutiny.
—Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsworthy
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Favorite Memory Activity: There needs to be a healthy level of trust for this activity to work well, but the idea is that people share a memory from their childhood, perhaps a funny story, challenging time or a proud moment.Julie Kratz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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In Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector’s incisive and dazzlingly funny play now on Broadway about a Berkeley school board navigating a mumps outbreak, Amber Gray is a new parent named Carina.Marley Marius, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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Trailing 6-4, Tien showed remarkable composure and character to win six of the last seven points, securing the victory in four hours, 49 minutes.George Ramsay, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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Pearn's history with Truex includes a remarkable period where the duo clinched a championship and 24 wins between 2015 and 2019.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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However, there were some equally memorable moments that weren't caught by the TV cameras.Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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First: get some memorable speeches out of a bunch of celebrities packed into a ballroom and plied with booze on national television.David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Nonetheless, the timing of this coming just a day after West’s rant is noteworthy.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Steele is one of six fighters Vendetta Sports Media tagged as elite from Season 8, and that’s part of the reason why the 29-year-old Syndicate MMA product’s main roster debut at UFC 312 is noteworthy.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The 73-page civil complaint, filed Thursday in Santa Fe, New Mexico, names special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey, First District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies, Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies and the Santa Fe County commission.Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Visit Anaheim: People affected by the wildfires can visit Visit Anaheim’s official website and find special hotel offers and assistance.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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In the meantime, the Blue Jays can feel better about themselves at the back end of the bullpen after signing a notable free agent following various rumors in the past two winters.Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Other notable losses in Altadena include its homes.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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The viewer sees what the ghost sees, an unusual approach to the genre that pays off in a third-act twist.Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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That helped law enforcement make the unusual traffic stop more than an hour later.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Newsworthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsworthy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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