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slow news day

slow news day noun: a time when media organizations publish trivial stories due to the lack of more substantial topics.

Noun

slow news day (plural slow news days)

  1. A time when media organizations publish trivial stories due to the lack of more substantial topics.
    • Perhaps you have seen a television news program on a slow news day. In place of international crises, press conferences, congressional hearings, and proclamations by the mayor, the news may consist of a trip to the zoo to visit a new “baby,” a canned report on acupuncture in China, a follow-up...2016, W. Lance Bennett, chapter 5, in News: The Politics of Illusion, 10th edition, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 136

Forms of slow news day

pluralslow news days

Questions about slow news day

What does slow news day mean?
Slow news day means a time when media organizations publish trivial stories due to the lack of more substantial topics.
What part of speech is slow news day?
Slow news day is a noun.
What is the plural of slow news day?
The plural of slow news day is slow news days.

Words near slow news day in the dictionary

  1. slow march
  2. slow marches
  3. slow match
  4. slow matches
  5. slow motion
  6. slow news day
  7. slow news days
  8. slow off
  9. slow off the mark
  10. slow on the uptake
  11. slow one's roll

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