Used in a Sentence

newsreel

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for newsreel.

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Some content is available online too [1], including this newsreel showing some navigation techniques [2].

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Quick take

(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.

noun

(uncountable) The genre of such films.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for newsreel.

noun

(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.

noun

(uncountable) The genre of such films.

Example sentences

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Some content is available online too [1], including this newsreel showing some navigation techniques [2].

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The newsreel tries to complete the nostalgia, 'Xbox unveiled at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show'.

3

When escooters became a thing, I looked for this newsreel for a while and never found it.

4

Can't have a military training film or newsreel without march cadence intro music.

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Ironically for me, the final photo of the boy on the roof (presented as evidence of staging) looks less obviously staged than the newsreel.

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I was hoping for authentic 1940s voice over like from Newsreel type of footage.

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The funny thing is the classic Looney Tunes weren’t made for Saturday morning kids shows, but for movie theaters to be shown between the newsreel and the feature.

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It doesn't matter if you can't solve a randomly-appearing-in-your-newsreel integral; it matters that you have the background knowledge of what an integral is, that there are rules to solving it, and you can read up on the rules and understand them.

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(Fortunately it wasn't about drugs because there weren't† any around when I was growing up decades ago, we kids were very lucky in that regard.) The incident occurred before I'd started school when my mother took me to see a matinee and during the newsreel there was a news clip about cancer and cancer research.

Quote examples

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It would be closer if there had been newsreel footage of Neville Chamberlain barking "Say Uncle!

2

The program began with a newsreel, a few cartoons, and brief "coming attractions" (not today's compilations that tell the whole story).

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A segment on that show was called "Newtons Lemons" and would show an old newsreel from I'm guessing from the 1940s or 1950s.

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It's not high art, there were a few "pasted in" references about the exponential rise of AI (a "newsreel" blurb at the beginning, and a scene or two in the middle).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use newsreel in a sentence?

Some content is available online too [1], including this newsreel showing some navigation techniques [2].

What does newsreel mean?

(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.

What part of speech is newsreel?

newsreel is commonly used as noun.