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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who is obsessed with news; a person who likes to stay up-to-date with news..
A third-grader in Bristol, Maine, recalled the shock of seeing his “hard-boiled” teacher weeping as she delivered the bad news to her class, and he attributed his later fascination with politics and history to that single weekend in November 1963. “I've been a newsaholic ever since,” said Norm Chase thirty-five years later.
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Newsaholic means One who is obsessed with news; a person who likes to stay up-to-date with news..
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A third-grader in Bristol, Maine, recalled the shock of seeing his “hard-boiled” teacher weeping as she delivered the bad news to her class, and he attributed his later fascination with politics and history to that single weekend in November 1963. “I've been a newsaholic ever since,” said Norm Chase thirty-five years later.
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