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graf

graf

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An informal name for a paragraph often used in journalism
  • noun
  • /ɡræf/
  • Literature
translation icon : párrafo
  • In journalism, each graf should deliver clear and concise information for the reader.

Examples

  • 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

A large German airship with a rigid frame used for long passenger flights

Surface Forms

graf singular
grafs plural

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.