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newspapered

newspapered is the simple past and past participle of newspaper.

Meaning of newspaper

Verb

newspaper (third-person singular simple present newspapers, present participle newspapering, simple past and past participle newspapered)

  1. (transitive) To cover with newspaper.
    • She newspapered one end of the room before painting the bookcase.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To engage in the business of journalism
    • His newspapered his way through the South on the sports beat, avoiding dry towns.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To harass somebody through newspaper articles.
    • He got newspapered out of public life.

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Questions about newspapered

What is newspapered the simple past and past participle of?
Newspapered is the simple past and past participle of newspaper.

Words near newspapered in the dictionary

  1. newspaper round
  2. newspaper rounds
  3. newspaperboy
  4. newspaperboys
  5. newspaperdom
  6. newspapered
  7. newspaperese
  8. newspapering
  9. newspaperish
  10. newspaperishness
  11. newspaperism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: newspapered (page history and authors); newspaper (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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