hard news
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- noun
- /hɑrd nuːz/
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noticias duras
- The newspaper is known for its commitment to delivering hard news about politics and global events.
- hard news stories
We'll talk about it, among other things like hard news.
- We'll talk about it, among other things like hard news.
Examples
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During the morning broadcast, the anchor focused on hard news, including recent crime reports and economic updates.
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When I want to know hard news, I don't go to MSNBC.
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So, Don, let me do some hard news.
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There are still stations in this town that like hard news.
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This is the first decent hard news story we've had in months.
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Most people go to the WaPost for hard news and commentary.
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We'll also be talking about some hard news like Intel officially delaying its Arc GPUs again.
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You shame the Fourth Estate by not drawing the distinction between objective journalism (hard news) and the expression of opinion (editorial comment).
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At least "CBS This Morning" dedicates their first half hour to hard news and saves the fluff for the 7:30 hour.
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Previous work on HIV/AIDS and other diseases and epidemics has investigated editorials and letters to the editor along with hard news stories.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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Information about recent important events from newspapers, radio, or TV
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News on a newspaper's front page that many people talk about
Antonyms
How Serious
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'hard' and 'news' give a clear clue—'hard' here extends to seriousness or severity, so a learner can plausibly infer 'news about serious or important topics.' However, this is a partly metaphorical journalistic distinction (hard vs. soft news) and the exact nuance is a lexicalized collocation that some B1 learners may not fully predict without prior exposure.
Etymology
Hard news may come from journalists who called serious facts hard and lighter stories soft, using a simple contrast. So hard news now means stories about big, serious events like politics, crime, or disasters.