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News

A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence.

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Narrower term 4

Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reportage 76% connected

SAme as Report.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Story 76% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Broadcast 76% connected

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interest 76% connected

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interestingness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being interesting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Newsy 74% connected

Full of news; abounding in information as to current events.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Newsy 74% connected

Full of news; abounding in information as to current events.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Intelligence 92% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tidings 92% connected

Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Word 92% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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