as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
a newsy TV program covering the local scene
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Recent Examples of newsy
This busy, newsy week has gone by fast!
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
In one of the newsier moments of the fest, UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said ministers are prepared to legislate if YouTube declines to properly promote public service content.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Getty Images The decision to jettison Tommy DeVito, the newsiest part of the way the New York Giants set their 53-man roster for the 2025 season, did not reflect anything that DeVito did wrong.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
It’s been such a newsy week for the couple that Kelce ranking 37th on the NFL 100 list of best players barely registered on social media.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
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Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
In one of the newsier moments of the fest, UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said ministers are prepared to legislate if YouTube declines to properly promote public service content.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Getty Images The decision to jettison Tommy DeVito, the newsiest part of the way the New York Giants set their 53-man roster for the 2025 season, did not reflect anything that DeVito did wrong.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
It’s been such a newsy week for the couple that Kelce ranking 37th on the NFL 100 list of best players barely registered on social media.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsy
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The realism, though, comes in the particularity of the Spanish dialogue, the cultural exchanges, and colloquial understandings that run through this community — and from Mexico to the United States.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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The country that lays colloquial claim to the pastime has historically underperformed, quite clearly because other nations were simply trying harder in the form of better players agreeing to participate.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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In recent years, the game has seen another uptick in popularity—especially with younger players who in prior generations might have been the ones rolling their eyes at their elders’ gossipy game nights—and an increase in controversies.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
10 Mar. 2026
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Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Newsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsy. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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