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MSNBC

MSNBC proper noun: former name of MS NOW, an American news-based television channel and website.

Proper noun

MSNBC

  1. Former name of MS NOW, an American news-based television channel and website.
    • “If you’re wondering how Jon Stewart’s bullshit bothsidesist return went over…” former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann posted to X, formerly Twitter. “The antisemite racist conspiracy nuts LOVED it.”2024 February 13, Zachary Leeman, “Jon Stewart Angers Liberal Viewers By Criticizing Biden: ‘Racist Conspiracy Theory Nuts LOVED It!’”, in Mediaite, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2024

Origin of MSNBC

Blend of MSN (“Microsoft Network”) + NBC (“National Broadcasting Company”).

Words formed from MSNBC

Questions about MSNBC

What does MSNBC mean?
MSNBC means former name of MS NOW, an American news-based television channel and website.
What part of speech is MSNBC?
MSNBC is a proper noun.

Words near MSNBC in the dictionary

  1. MSMs
  2. MSN
  3. MSN generation
  4. MSN TVer
  5. MSN TVers
  6. MSNBC
  7. MSNBCer
  8. MSNBCers
  9. MSND
  10. MSNed
  11. msngr

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Adapted from Wiktionary: MSNBC (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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