newsticker

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A form of news ticker — A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.

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Meanings

nounnewsticker (plural newstickers)

plural newstickers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of news ticker.

    Dietrich obediently had it sent out over the D. N. B. newsticker. Midway in the announcement, the ticker was stopped.

    1941 August 18, LIFE, volume 11, number 7, page 77
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    And the following quotation is an extract from a newsticker that appeared on the web page of the Online Sun on June 21, 2002, during the quarter final of the Football World Cup between England and Brazil.

    2005, Janne Skaffari, Opening Windows on Texts and Discourses of the Past, page 8

    After the first trading phase is over and the first message has been communicated via newsticker, the first communication phase follows.

    2007, Mark Schindler, Rumors in Financial Markets: Insights Into Behavioral Finance, page 129

Origin

From news + ticker.

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APA

newsticker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsticker

MLA

“newsticker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsticker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newsticker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newsticker.

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