news agency
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2.5
- noun
- /nuːz ˈeɪdʒənsi/
- Literature
:
agencia de noticias
- More than 100 news agencies, 20 TV companies, and 1,000 correspondents covered the trial at the world's entertainment capital.
- an official news agency
- news agency reports
And then to have all these global news agencies say we have to pull this picture, it's a fake.
- And then to have all these global news agencies say we have to pull this picture, it's a fake.
- You know whatever, tapping me for sources, I had news agency send me scripts so I can read them over before they air stuff on TV and whatnot.
- Listen, there wasn't a news agency who never, you know, kind of condemned us, You know, I mean, it was all across the newspapers, the radios.
Examples
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According to the official Russian news agency, a respected Moscow astrophysicist has reported the discovery of unexplained radio signals from what he believes may be an extraterrestrial source.
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I believe it's the first time he has given such a signal," Rahr told Itar-Tass news agency.
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This is just in from central news agency.
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I, like any other news agency, cannot report what I do not know.
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And then to have all these global news agencies say we have to pull this picture, it's a fake.
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On Sunday, July 3, a pool of media personnel was set up to represent the 40 news agencies.
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Instead, they heard about the results the same way everyone else did: from state news agency Xinhua.
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Pradip Chowdhury is a News Editor in India's premier news agency, the Press Trust of India.
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The government also merged four news agencies to form a single, nationalized news agency called "Samachar," which, according to historian Michael Henderson, became a vehicle of official propaganda.
Academic text (2017) -
The state-run news agency reports that warrants have been issued for 138 people.
Synonyms
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2.7
A company or group that finds and shares reports about events with the public
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3.9
A company that collects news and sends it to newspapers or TV stations
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5.6
A service that sends news to newspapers, television, and websites, or a news report sent by it
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4.0
A group that collects news and sends it to newspapers, TV, and websites
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3.9
An organization that gathers and sends news to newspapers and other media
How Wide
- Literature
29
2.5
- Literature
629
1.0
- Literature
30
3.0
- Texting
132
3.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organization that gathers and distributes news' is directly derived from combining 'news' (information about events) with 'agency' (an organization providing a service). This compound noun follows a standard, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., agencia de noticias, agence de presse) and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
News agency comes from the idea of an office that collects news, meaning information about events, and acts as an agency, a group that sends that information to many newspapers and TV stations. Think of it as a 'postal service' for stories, which is why a news agency supplies reports to many different media outlets.