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tabloid

/tab-loid/US // ˈtæb lɔɪd //UK // (ˈtæblɔɪd) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a newspaper whose pages, usually five columns wide, are about one-half the size of a standard-sized newspaper page.
    • : a newspaper this size concentrating on sensational and lurid news, usually heavily illustrated.
    • : a short form or version; condensation; synopsis; summary.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : compressed or condensed in or as if in a tabloid: a tabloid article; a tabloid account of the adventure.
    • : luridly or vulgarly sensational.

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Examples

  • The rising tabloid industry created the infrastructure for the Bennifer press phenomenon.

  • The objectification of Britney Spears was in every headline, tabloid report, paparazzi chase, late-night comedy joke, and ensuing media circus that financially capitalized on her struggles.

  • America has become intimately familiar with a number of characters who, before about five years ago, made most of their media appearances in the New York City tabloids.

  • The family drama that would play out on a TV show is now better suited for the immediacy of Instagram Stories, TikToks, and TMZ-like online tabloids.

  • As Joseph Longo wrote for MEL last year, social media birthed a “new tabloid renaissance.”

  • All this buzz, the continued tabloid fascination with Hurley, is down—absurdly—to that dress.

  • Constand claimed that the accusation was patently false, and demanded $150,000 in damages from the tabloid and attorney.

  • She agreed to meet with tabloid editors in New York City and take a lie detector test to back up her claims.

  • The firing of a new executive brought in to shake up the flailing show is getting dead-movie-star tabloid coverage.

  • In 2005, the tabloid was set to publish an exposé on Cosby, featuring allegations from new self-described Cosby victims.

  • She wrote tabloid dramas, drove her own car, dressed smartly, and took a great interest in Maxwell's career.

  • A series of choice, tabloid talks—a spiritual meditation for every day in the year.

  • "Another aspirin is going to turn my luck," she thought, and therewith swallowed surreptitiously her last tabloid of the panacea.

  • Here is the whole art of flying in a tabloid as it were, with all its significance at last in evidence.

  • The tabloid ghost can communicate more thrills than the one in diluted narration.