news·pa·per
ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər 
ˈnyüz-,
ˈn(y)üs-
1
: a paper that is printed and distributed usually daily or weekly and that contains news, articles of opinion, features, and advertising
2
: an organization that publishes a newspaper
3
: the paper of a newspaper : newsprint
newspapered; newspapering; newspapers
: to do newspaper work
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Examples of newspaper in a Sentence
Noun
He used some newspaper to get the fire started.
She worked for the newspaper for 20 years.
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
The senior Juste also played a very active role in Miami’s fight for immigrants’ rights, founding Haitian Florida, the first local newspaper for the growing Haitian community, and successfully advocating for the children of undocumented immigrants to attend public schools.
—Alie Skowronski, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
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Noun
Others booed the boycott and chanted Seinfeld’s name, Duke University’s student newspaper the Chronicle reported Sunday.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
The senior Juste also played a very active role in Miami’s fight for immigrants’ rights, founding Haitian Florida, the first local newspaper for the growing Haitian community, and successfully advocating for the children of undocumented immigrants to attend public schools.
—Alie Skowronski, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
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“Newspaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspaper. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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