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newsstand

[ nooz-stand, nyooz- ]

noun

  1. a stall or other place at which newspapers and often periodicals are sold, as on a street corner or in a building lobby.


newsstand

/ ˈnjuːzˌstænd /

noun

  1. a portable stand or stall in the street, from which newspapers are sold


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Word History and Origins

Origin of newsstand1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; news + stand

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Example Sentences

At its height, The Source had a reported circulation of 500,000 and was outselling Rolling Stone on the newsstand.

Penance is available at the Newsstand, Miami and at alldayeveryday.com for $45—$500.

But he said that when he was 12, his uncle had a newsstand in Philadelphia, and he was reading the papers at a very young age.

Newsstand sales, which comprise a small portion of sales but have much bigger margins, have been falling across the industry.

Bush had to be converted into Churchill for the sake of the national psyche, or newsstand sales, or something or other.

I tried to use it at a newsstand first, and the man wouldn't touch it.

The Daily Intelligencer was spread on a newsstand, a smudgy black bannerhead fouling its pure bosom.

As he did so the steed made a plunge along the sidewalk for several yards, knocking over a barber's pole and a newsstand.

The time it takes to transfer the literature from our pockets to the window sills, newsstand or bench is about two seconds.

I stopped in a drug store and saw Astounding Stories on the newsstand.

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