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making news

making news is the present participle and gerund of make news.

Meaning of make news

Verb

make news (third-person singular simple present makes news, present participle making news, simple past and past participle made news)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be published in the news media.
    • He had no idea why the story made news; it did not seem at all newsworthy to him.
    Synonyms:
    make the news

Questions about making news

What is making news the present participle and gerund of?
Making news is the present participle and gerund of make news.

Words near making news in the dictionary

  1. making mouths
  2. making much
  3. making muffins
  4. making music
  5. making neither head nor tail of
  6. making news
  7. making nice
  8. making no bones about
  9. making no odds
  10. making no secret of
  11. making noise

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