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nounnewshand (plural newshands)
plural newshands
- A journalist.
The punditocracy, from ankle-biters to bigfeet, suddenly felt itself caught in a one-sided, enamored state and needed to distance itself from charges of rampant dispensing of what cynical old newshands call “big wet kisses” to a charming fresh face.
2008 April 20, William Safire, “In the Tank”, in New York Times
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newshand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newshand
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“newshand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newshand. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newshand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newshand.
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