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- adjective informal Characteristic of
tabloid journalism;lurid andsensational .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think that a lot of things were written, "tabloidish," whatever.
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For India's tabloidish 24-hour news channels, the plight of the students—18 of whom immigration officials fitted with radio-transmitting ankle-bracelets to discourage flight—appears to have come as a bolt from ratings heaven.
India's America Obsession Sadanand Dhume 2011
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Early last Monday, while I was still in bed and wondering why the "Today" show had gotten so tabloidish, I was slammed on my washingtonpost. com blog by a reader who did not like my column about Doris Jackson, the principal at Wakefield High School in Arlington County.
Reader complains about Hispanic students who take AP Spanish 2010
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Early last Monday, while I was still in bed and wondering why the "Today" show had gotten so tabloidish, I was slammed on my washingtonpost. com blog by a reader who did not like my column about Doris Jackson, the principal at Wakefield High School in Arlington County.
Reader complains about Hispanic students who take AP Spanish 2010
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Early last Monday, while I was still in bed and wondering why the "Today" show had gotten so tabloidish, I was slammed on my washingtonpost. com blog by a reader who did not like my column about Doris Jackson, the principal at Wakefield High School in Arlington County.
Reader complains about Hispanic students who take AP Spanish 2010
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Early last Monday morning, while I was still in bed wondering why the Today Show had gotten so tabloidish, I was slammed on my washingtonpost. com blog by a reader who did not like my column about Doris Jackson, principal at Wakefield High School in Arlington County.
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Early last Monday, while I was still in bed and wondering why the "Today" show had gotten so tabloidish, I was slammed on my washingtonpost. com blog by a reader who did not like my column about Doris Jackson, the principal at Wakefield High School in Arlington County.
Reader complains about Hispanic students who take AP Spanish 2010
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The one link, the Inquisitr, looked kinda tabloidish, but the other from the Sydney Herald read pretty legit..
"Second Life, online adult games to be banned outright in Australia" - ??? Bettina Tizzy 2009
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The question facing the 24-hour Courtroom Television Network is one of quality rather than quantity: can excess yield success without getting mired in the tedious or resorting to the tabloidish?
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The real shame is that one's sexual orientation remains a topic for tabloidish speculation -- and for many, derision -- in 2008.
Proposed sitcom title: "Jesus & Crist" Sinfonian 2008
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