stop press

stop press
noun
late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute
Hypernyms: ↑news

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noun
Etymology: stop (I) + press
chiefly Britain : a space or column in a newspaper containing last-minute news items usually printed from a fudge

hadn't seen anything in the stop press or the early papers — Christopher Bush

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stopˈ-press or stop press noun
1. Late news inserted in a newspaper after printing has begun
2. A space for it
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Main Entry:stop

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stop press UK US noun [singular] british
a place in a newspaper where very recent pieces of news are printed
Thesaurus: parts of newspapers and magazinesmeronym types of newspaper or magazinehyponym

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ˌstop ˈpress [stop press] noun uncountable
late news that is added to a newspaper after printing has begun

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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