hard news
Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a…Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events.
» You can't hide the fact that you're having a hard time. Bad news travels fast you know.
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1 senses(uncountable)Factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events.
- news that deals with serious topics or events
Examples
1 sentencesYou can't hide the fact that you're having a hard time. Bad news travels fast you know.
Antonyms
2 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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