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longreads

longreads is the plural of longread.

Meaning of longread

Noun

longread (plural longreads)

  1. A piece of (online) long-form journalism.
    • Do longreads and long-form—those two words that developed from a hash tag—equal essay? In a way, it is instead the definition of the essay that has expanded to include the abovementioned form.2017, Orit Gat, “The Essay and the Internet”, in Houman Barekat, Robert Barry, David Winters, editors, The Digital Critic: Literary Culture Online, OR Books, →ISBN

Questions about longreads

What is longreads the plural of?
Longreads is the plural of longread.

Words near longreads in the dictionary

  1. Longport
  2. longprimer
  3. Longquanyi
  4. longrange
  5. longread
  6. longreads
  7. Longrich
  8. Longridge
  9. longrifle
  10. longrifles
  11. Longrock

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