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newslike

newslike adjective: resembling or characteristic of news or a news broadcast.

Adjective

newslike (comparative more newslike, superlative most newslike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of news or a news broadcast.
    • This accounts for the newslike freshness of his writings. Proof of its quality lies in the fact that some of his things can still be read today.1972, Agnes Domandi Langdon, Modern German literature
    • Such newslike spots had been done occasionally before, beginning when television news became a major source of information for voters...1992, Edwin Diamond, Stephen Bates, The spot: the rise of political advertising on television

Forms of newslike

comparativemore newslike
superlativemost newslike

Origin of newslike

From news + -like.

Questions about newslike

What does newslike mean?
Newslike means resembling or characteristic of news or a news broadcast.
What part of speech is newslike?
Newslike is an adjective.

Words near newslike in the dictionary

  1. newslady
  2. newsless
  3. newslessness
  4. newsletter
  5. newsletters
  6. newslike
  7. newsmagazine
  8. newsmagazines
  9. newsmaker
  10. newsmakers
  11. newsmaking

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