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hard news

hard news
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahrd nooz, nyooz]
    • /hɑrd nuz, nyuz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahrd nooz, nyooz]
    • /hɑrd nuz, nyuz/

Definitions of hard news words

  • noun hard news serious news of widespread import, concerning politics, foreign affairs, or the like, as distinguished from routine news items, feature stories, or human-interest stories. 1
  • noun hard news information about serious and current events 1
  • noun hard news (publishing, broadcasting) Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events. 0

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Parts of speech for Hard news

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hard news popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

hard news usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hard news

noun hard news

  • current affairs — If you refer to current affairs, you are referring to political events and problems in society which are discussed in newspapers, and on television and radio.
  • happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.

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