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An event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: journalism, media
Examples
- 1989, Textual Introduction to The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=C64iQVqCm3MC&pg=RA1-PR51&lpg=RA1-PR51&sig=JpcrTaGG5EdPxJjr2U8VwuilsEw Three of the errata corrections had already been made as stop-press corrections ...
- 2005, Mary Norway, The Sinn Fein Rebellion As I Saw It, http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=kdp6DLzb6KcC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&sig=TWkyRKxWPtmbwiGPh_BvuIQNwlA Another lady thought she would drive a lesson home, so she said: “But you said it was a ‘Stop press,’ and you knew it was not.” “It is, miss, but sure they hadn’t time to print the ‘stop press’ on it!!” (“Stop press” is the latest news, usually printed on the back of the paper.)
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Used to announce an event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Used to grab attention, implying importance, news-worthiness, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, idiomatic
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late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: news
From stop the presses, US newspaper-printing jargon.
