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TMZ

TMZ is the initialism of thirty-mile zone.

Proper noun

TMZ

  1. A tabloid news organization.
    • The four-part Showtime docuseries charts the importance of gossip to the New York tabloids, but also the growth of such material beyond them, via the web, TMZ and television, where Murdoch brought his tabloid sensibilities with “A Current Affair,” spawning a host of imitators.2021 August 20, Brian Lowry, “‘Gossip’ charts how tabloid tattlers ‘escaped from their cages’ and rippled through the media”, in CNN

Forms of TMZ

pluralTMZs

Origin of TMZ

The name of the organization was derived from the initialism of thirty-mile zone.

Questions about TMZ

What does TMZ mean?
TMZ means a tabloid news organization.
What is TMZ the initialism of?
TMZ is the initialism of thirty-mile zone.
What part of speech is TMZ?
TMZ is a proper noun.

Words near TMZ in the dictionary

  1. TMTOWTDI
  2. TMU
  3. Tmutarakan
  4. TMVS
  5. tmw
  6. TMZ
  7. TMZs
  8. tn
  9. TNA
  10. tna'im
  11. tnaim

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