graf
- noun
- /ɡræf/
- Literature
- In journalism, each graf should deliver clear and concise information for the reader.
Examples
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After all, the issue of how much or how little that ratio has changed since 2007 is the nut graf of this.
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Alexander also includes a "to be sure" graf about how some conservatives pull the same trick, though I think he underplays that point.
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So, here is my take on just what you wrote... and here is the key graf...
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For this discussion, the whole piece is worth a read, but I want to bring up this graf:
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I mean, those two grafs are the story.
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It's hard to imagine these two grafs being phoned in.
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Opening graf of post.
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Ebert: Did you miss my discussion of the survey in the first three grafs?
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The following grafs on the relationship between Mora and Neuheisel were pretty cool:
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Your last graf sums things up pretty well: "And that $450 billion a year of lost investment isn't being replaced with anything close to what would be necessary to employ all those people again."
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Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Graf is a short, informal form of paragraph used by reporters and editors. Because it is short for paragraph, a graf simply means a 'paragraph' in news writing.