newsprint
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈnjuːzprɪnt/
:
papel prensa
- Materials to be collected include newsprint, magazines, catalogs, and steel and aluminum cans.
- ordinary newsprint
- newsprint consumption
- read newsprint
Examples
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She'd gleaned the tip from a housewife's column on a square of newsprint in the outhouse.
Fiction book (2000) -
Inside my pants pocket, glowing like a soft burning light, the yellowed newsprint was folded into a careful square.
Fiction book (1992) -
I am not changing a lifetime practice of newsprint and coffee until I am forced.
Blog text (5) -
"I drew a circle on the newsprint with my Magic Marker.
Fiction book (1990) -
I pulled a pad of newsprint out from behind my filing cabinet.
Fiction book (1990) -
The woman was reading a newsprint magazine; the headlines read, "Royal Monster, Close Relative of Queen Victoria."
Fiction book (1997) -
By the mid-1980s, however, the rising cost of newsprint and economic constraints nearly devastated the Canadian newspaper industry.
Academic text (2001) -
Sawyers might have remained there, sorting through piles of newsprint, filling out orders for binding and distribution.
Fiction book (1992) -
The newspaper was printed on inexpensive newsprint that quickly yellowed over time.
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He spread the paint on newsprint to keep the table clean during his art project.
Synonyms
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1.0
Thin material made from wood pulp used for writing, printing and wrapping
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1.0
Thin rough paper used to print news and for wrapping things
Paper made from wood pulp by machines that grind wood, often used for cheap printing
Antonyms
How Cheap
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word newsprint comes from the simple parts news and print, where print means 'to press ink onto paper'. So newsprint is the cheap, thin paper made for printing newspapers and other news items.