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wire service

noun

  1. a business organization that gathers news, news photos, the latest stock-market prices, etc., for distribution, usually by teletypewriter, to its subscribers, especially newspapers: so called from the original transmission of news by telegraph wire.


wire service

noun

  1. an agency supplying news, etc, to newspapers, radio and television stations, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wire service1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Authorities told the wire service that Reyes had led the unit’s regional team for eight years and carried out more than 400 operations.

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District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled on Tuesday that the wire service should be granted access to the Oval Office and Air Force One whenever other news organizations are allowed into those limited spaces.

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The wire service lost access to certain Trump events after the administration took offense at the outlet's guidance on reporting on the Gulf of Mexico.

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This week, the White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from the Oval Office this week because the wire service kept Gulf of Mexico in its popular style guide.

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“We didn’t think he was alive at first,” a resident named Tristan told OnSceneTV, a breaking news wire service.

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