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news cycle
UK/ˈnjuːz ˌsaɪkəl/US/ˈnuːz ˌsaɪkəl/NEWS CYCLE
Band 7+task2speaking
the period during which a news story gets attention before being replaced by another story
Examples
“Because of social media, the news cycle is becoming shorter.”
“Journalists must work faster because the news cycle moves quickly.”
“A long investigation may be forgotten as the news cycle turns.”
Band 8 sentence
“The modern news cycle is so rapid that a scandal can disappear from public attention within days.”
Collocations
- accelerating news cycle
- short news cycle
Word family
news ncycle n
Common mistakes
news's cycle→news cycle
Say it for a higher band
5daily news updates→6news update→7+news cycle
Synonyms
news rotation
Easily confused
newsfeed
“I saw it on my newsfeed this morning.”
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