newsmaking
newsmaking adjective: making news; important or newsworthy.
Adjective
newsmaking (comparative more newsmaking, superlative most newsmaking)
- Making news; important or newsworthy
- Bonds saved a newsmaking announcement for Pittsburgh.2007 August 14, The Associated Press, “Bonds Receives an Ovation and Talks About His Future”, in New York Times
Noun
newsmaking (uncountable)
- The act or process of making news, of doing or saying something that is newsworthy
- In a rare moment of newsmaking, Barry M. Meyer, the chairman of Warner Brothers, issued a sharp rebuke to the president of the Consumer Electronics Association, Gary Shapiro, who warned in January that antipiracy efforts could “smother” technological progress and said that “private conduct may be...2007 February 7, David M. Halbfinger, “Hollywood Takes Its Concerns About Piracy and Taxes to Washington”, in New York Times
Forms of newsmaking
| comparative | more newsmaking |
|---|---|
| superlative | most newsmaking |
Origin of newsmaking
From news + making.
Questions about newsmaking
- What does newsmaking mean?
- Newsmaking means making news; important or newsworthy.
- What part of speech is newsmaking?
- Newsmaking can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near newsmaking in the dictionary
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