Newsagent is an English word with synonyms like shopkeeper or tradesman. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Newsagent meaning
- A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.
- The proprietor of such a business.
Synonyms of Newsagent
Using Newsagent
- The main meaning on this page is: A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer. | The proprietor of such a business.
- Useful related words include: newsdealer, newsvendor, newsstand operator, shopkeeper.
- In the example corpus, newsagent often appears in combinations such as: newsagent in, the newsagent, newsagent and.
Context around Newsagent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Newsagent
- In this selection, "newsagent" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sister, cable, australia, peggs, painter and advertising stand out and add context to how "newsagent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a newsagent worker named and and a newsagent among other. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "newsagent" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with newsagent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It will now merge with sister newsagent Peggs News. (9 words)
Douglas Jaffray had been told not to enter Audrey's Newsagent in Alness. (13 words)
Eventually, Sayle and the newsagent took the copies outside and set them alight. (13 words)
I then read that he had a morning paper round at Stirk’s newsagent, and memories of Sidney Stirk, his wife Olive, his daughter Barbara and grandson Michael came flooding back as I also did a paper round there. (39 words)
The owner of the Chocolate Box newsagent in the High Street said he did not know the lady personally other than she would "pop in for a pint of milk once or twice a week". (35 words)
She would peer at the sky, clock the traffic, then cross the road by the lights, before quietly entering the local newsagent or semi-crowded supermarket, always elegant, always interested. (30 words)
Example sentences (15)
Douglas Jaffray had been told not to enter Audrey's Newsagent in Alness.
It will now merge with sister newsagent Peggs News.
She was also seen looking through the newsagent’s window, but she didn’t go in.
She would peer at the sky, clock the traffic, then cross the road by the lights, before quietly entering the local newsagent or semi-crowded supermarket, always elegant, always interested.
He married a British woman and moved to Wallasey to run his own business, a newsagent called Nelson’s News.
It has a butcher's shop, a post office, a general store and a newsagent, among other facilities.
Paul Cable - newsagent, painter of impressive murals and occasional Father - possibly talks to more Abergavennians (if such a thing exists) than anyone else in the town.
When you see a sign in the newsagent advertising dog walkers, you’ll know for sure that the area has become sought-after.
A newsagent worker named locally as Nithin Kumar is fighting for his life in hospital while under police guard after suffering stab wounds during the alleged murder.
It is unclear when the new magazine titles will appear on newsagent and supermarket stands.
I then read that he had a morning paper round at Stirk’s newsagent, and memories of Sidney Stirk, his wife Olive, his daughter Barbara and grandson Michael came flooding back as I also did a paper round there.
Suzanne Poll was violently stabbed to death while finishing work at a South Australia newsagent in 1993.
The owner of the Chocolate Box newsagent in the High Street said he did not know the lady personally other than she would "pop in for a pint of milk once or twice a week".
The works include new paving outside the Orkney Museum, a new parking area outside the former Spence’s newsagent and new paving into Victoria Street.
Eventually, Sayle and the newsagent took the copies outside and set them alight.
Common combinations with newsagent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- newsagent in 3×
- the newsagent 3×
- newsagent and 3×