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in other news

in other news prepositional phrase: used by newsreaders to introduce an unrelated piece of news.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (conjunctive, idiomatic) Used by newsreaders to introduce an unrelated piece of news.
  2. (broadly, conjunctive, idiomatic) Used to introduce an unrelated topic: by the way, apropos.
    • “Humph,” he says. “Did you ask for extra soy sauce?” ¶ “Yes. Dad. It's in the bag,” she says, rolling her eyes at me. “Well, in other news, the kids I cast as Emily and George are amazing!” ¶ My grandfather's head snaps up. "You're doing Our Town? That show is a snooze.”2014, Jennifer L. Holm, The Fourteenth Goldfish, New York, NY: Random House, →ISBN, page 40

Questions about in other news

What does in other news mean?
In other news means used by newsreaders to introduce an unrelated piece of news.
What part of speech is in other news?
In other news is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in other news in the dictionary

  1. in order
  2. in order for
  3. in order that
  4. in order to
  5. in ordinary
  6. in other news
  7. in other words
  8. in otherwords
  9. in pairs
  10. in pampers
  11. in parallel

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