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newscast

[ nooz-kast, -kahst, nyooz- ]

/ ˈnuzˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈnyuz- /

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noun

a broadcast of news on radio or television.

Origin of newscast

First recorded in 1925–30; news + (broad)cast

OTHER WORDS FROM newscast

news·cast·er, noun news·cast·ing, noun

Words nearby newscast

newsagent, newsbeat, newsboard, newsboy, newsbreak, newscast, newsdealer, newsdesk, newsflash, newsgathering, newsgirl

Example sentences from the Web for newscaster

Then a newscaster would break in with some ratatattat announcement that amounted to nothing, and then it was back to the rotunda.

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Exactly three weeks ago, the name Thom Browne was on the lips of every newscaster.

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What really happened when newscaster Greg Kelly and his accuser went up to her law office?

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Had a newscaster in the Boston of my youth called the undocumented Irish “illegals,” he would have been fired.

Why the GOP Demonizes 'Illegals' |Peter Beinart |October 24, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

"Young love—full of promise, full of hope, ignorant of reality," the newscaster explains.

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The newscaster wore a look of excitement as he spoke without pausing for the usual commercial.

Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung |Victor Appleton
When he was in casual conversation, he talked “normal”—like a Yankee newscaster.

Makers |Cory Doctorow
Wherefore, Benjamin Bundy, the newscaster who had covered the starship's maiden flight, went out himself to look the thing over.

The Galaxy Primes |Edward Elmer Smith
The newscaster was wrought up about the brutal attack on the innocent child, but he was having trouble focusing the blame.

Little Fuzzy |Henry Beam Piper
However, he caught a brief glimpse of the newscaster's face.

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British Dictionary definitions for newscaster

newscast

/ (ˈnjuːzˌkɑːst) /

noun

a radio or television broadcast of the news

Derived forms of newscast

newscaster, noun

Word Origin for newscast

C20: from news + ( broad) cast