news flash

[nooz flash, nyooz]

noun

Journalism.

1. a brief dispatch sent by a wire service, usually transmitting preliminary news of an important story or development.

Word History and Origins

Origin of news flash¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Much of the recent coverage about Russia and Ukraine reminds me of that Afghan news flash in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times

"They told us no matter what we're going to catch you – maybe if you're driving on the street with your kids - so we thought, what we'd been seeing on the news: flash bombs, cornering cars," Arthur says.

From BBC

In 2008, Sarah Palin, accepting the vice presidential nomination, told the Republican convention: “Here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion.”

From Salon

News flash: They don’t actually run this place.

From Salon

To the millions who greedily gobbled up scuttlebutt about her legendary meanness over the years, this is far from a news flash.

From Salon