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Newsweek

Newsweek

130 2.5
A weekly American magazine that reports national and world news
  • proper noun
  • /ˈnuːzwiːk/
  • Literature
: Newsweek
  • Mom subscribes to Newsweek.
  • Newsweek magazine
  • Newsweek article
  • issue of Newsweek

And Nick Burns had just written and op-ed, I think in Newsweek.

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Examples

  • This week's issue of Newsweek magazine profiles Hart.

  • On July 20, 1998, Newsweek published a cover story proclaiming "Science Finds God."

    Academic text (2013)
  • I got, like, a Newsweek article, which was crazy.

  • Look, I mean, it is not a slow Newsweek, OK?

  • I read that Newsweek article.

  • Did you catch that picture of you in Newsweek last week, Dick?

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Most of the top-rated health maintenance organizations in a recent Newsweek report are also committed to teaching.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Maybe a hundred species a day are vanishing, Newsweek recently estimated, from deforestation alone.

    Academic text (2008)
  • "The public has spoken," Mahoney told Newsweek, "and it's unmistakable they will no longer tolerate toxic emissions."

    Academic text (2001)
  • This week's issue of Newsweek magazine profiles Hart.

Synonyms

magazine
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∞ 1.0

A printed or online set of pages that comes out regularly with articles and pictures about a subject

is specific to current news and wide national and international events
news magazine
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  • Literature
18 2.6

A paper or online publication that reports and explains recent events, usually weekly

is a major American weekly that covers national and international events
newsmagazine
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  • Literature
4 3.7

A magazine that reports and explains recent events

is a large American weekly focusing on both national and international reports

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Newsweek = news + week (transparent) = news + week

The magazine title is directly formed from the common nouns 'news' + 'week' and clearly denotes a weekly news publication.

Etymology

Newsweek is a simple combination of news and week, literally meaning 'news every week'. That's why Newsweek is the name of a weekly magazine that brings together the most important stories of the week.