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city room

noun

  1. the room in which local news is handled for a newspaper, a radio or television station, or for another journalistic agency.
  2. the editorial staff of this room.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of city room1

First recorded in 1915–20

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Example Sentences

He kept a Bible on his desk in the city room of The New York Times, and wrote like an angel.

For more than six years we held down adjoining desks in the city room of a New York evening newspaper.

He glanced about the cluttered city room, now suddenly grown large and empty.

What I want is for you to get your staff together in the city room, say about five o'clock, for fifteen minutes.

Bassett led the way to the city room, and with a clap of his hands achieved silence.

They told me you left word for me in the city room, to see you when I came in again.

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