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newsdesk

noun

newsdesk is spelled N-E-W-S-D-E-S-K: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, newsdesk means “The department of a newspaper or broadcasting organization responsible for the collecting of news from journalists and others, and for distributing…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of newsdesk is newsdesks.

How many letters and syllables are in newsdesk?

Letters8: N-E-W-S-D-E-S-K
In writingabout once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is newsdesk?

Newsdesk appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of newsdesk

  • newsdesks plural
  • news desk

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does newsdesk mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The department of a newspaper or broadcasting organization responsible for the collecting of news from journalists and others, and for distributing it to editors.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does newsdesk come from?

From news + desk.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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