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having the style and content of everyday conversation
a newsy TV program covering the local scene
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Recent Examples of newsy
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.
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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
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 21 Feb. 2025
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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
Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets?
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsy
Adjective
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The city of big apples, hand-tossed pizzas and the colloquial adverb deadass.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
27 Jan. 2026
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This time around, our Traitors and Faithfuls are a beautiful assortment of Housewives, Survivors, athletes, actors, and plenty of mothers — both literal (Donna Kelce) and in the colloquial sense (Porsha Williams).—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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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Certainly the humdrum of legislation or bureaucratic rule-marking is nothing like the gossipy speculation about who may or may not bid to lead California as its 41st governor.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Newsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsy. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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