wire service
nounDefinition of wire service
: a news agency that sends out syndicated news copy to subscribers by wire or by satellite transmission
Examples of wire service in a Sentence
The story was reported by several wire services.
Recent Examples on the Web
Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report. — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, "From the ECHL to Eastern Conference champs, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy has come a long way," 24 Aug. 2019 Researchers told the wire service that the thick, one-meter device, which is worn using a harness, functions the same way a money or a cheetah's tail does, by providing its owner with a counterbalance during demanding movements. — courant.com, "Japanese researchers want to give your grandma a robotic monkey tail," 21 Aug. 2019 Now, said the wire service, a second female at the zoo is pregnant. — Fox News, "Name given to North Carolina's baby white rhino," 28 July 2018 The establishment of Chinese media outlets such as China Global Television Network, the wire service Xinhua and China Radio International in Africa have been seen as part of China’s strategy to increase its visibility overseas. — Herman Wasserman, Quartz Africa, "Donor-funded African journalism is getting caught between the US and China world view," 9 July 2019 Material from interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and team sources was used in this report. — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, "Patriots’ Shaq Mason didn’t just sit around this offseason," 27 July 2019 Word spread through newspaper food sections and wire services, then Woman’s Day magazine bought the rights to the book. — Bonnie S. Benwick, Washington Post, "Maida Heatter, prolific cookbook author who was dubbed the Queen of Cake, dies at 102," 7 June 2019 These wire services drive most of our visual news consumption. — Kainaz Amaria, Vox, "2018, explained in pictures by women and non-binary photographers," 21 Dec. 2018 The technology was demonstrated for the media at an event this week in Tokyo and will use IC chips within identification cards to automatically verify the identity of those entering over 40 venues, according to the wire service. — Christopher Carbone, Fox News, "Tokyo 2020 Olympics to use facial recognition in security first," 7 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wire service.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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