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news agency
noun
: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, periodicals, and newscasters
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Its shares soared some 23% on Tuesday after the Reuters news agency published a report about the negotiations, quoting two anonymous sources.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Arnault’s papers are joined in this action by the newspapers Le Monde Le Figaro and the Agence France-Presse news agency.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
The first Hezbollah attack in Metula – a town located along the Israel-Lebanon border – left an Israeli farmer and four foreign agricultural workers dead, while a fifth foreign worker was seriously injured, a local official told the TPS news agency.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
As of Monday evening, two players had been discharged from the hospital, while two remain under observation, state news agency Andina reported.
—Marlon Sorto, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined above
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“News agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/news%20agency. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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news agency
noun
: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, magazines, and newscasters
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