news agency
nounDefinition of news agency
: an organization that supplies news to subscribing newspapers, periodicals, and newscasters
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The robot blasted off on Thursday from Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz capsule and was due to dock with the ISS on Saturday but failed to do so, Russian state news agency TASS reported. — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, "Russian spacecraft carrying humanoid robot fails to dock," 24 Aug. 2019 Russian news agencies carried a NATO statement saying warplanes of the Western military alliance moved to identify a Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea without knowing Shoigu was on it. — Washington Post, "Russian fighter wards off NATO jet nearing minister’s plane," 14 Aug. 2019 Instead, Osanna tells Italian news agency ANSA that the owner of the sorceress’s kit was likely owned by a slave or servant. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "A Sorceress’s Kit Was Discovered in the Ashes of Pompeii," 14 Aug. 2019 The story went public early that morning, when the Russian state news agency Tass reported a spike in radiation levels following an explosion at a military training ground near Severodvinsk in the northern Arkhangelsk region. — Sabra Ayresmoscow Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, "After a deadly nuclear missile test in Russia’s north, the Kremlin stuck to an old Soviet habit: Secrecy," 13 Aug. 2019 Some news agencies said it was supported by evidence that Krenwinkel had left a fingerprint at one of the crime scenes, though Mobile officials refused to confirm that. — al, "Alabama arrest ended Manson Family member’s flight," 8 Aug. 2019 State news agencies Tass and RIA-Novosti cited police as saying 1,074 were arrested over the course of the protests, which lasted more than seven hours. — Jim Heintz, The Denver Post, "Russian police arrest more than 1,000 in Moscow protest," 27 July 2019 Local news agency, Gunjur News Online said the move was politically motivated, with their sources suggesting that the government stepped in due to concerns about discouraging potential investors. — Holly Eva Ryan, Quartz Africa, "Anti-Chinese protests in a Gambian fishing village show conflict of foreign investment in Africa," 27 June 2019 The oil tanker was an Iraqi ship, the official IRNA news agency reported, quoting the Revolutionary Guards Corps. — New York Times, "Iran Says It Has Seized Another Oil Tanker in Persian Gulf," 4 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'news agency.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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