Reutersn.
/ˈrɔɪtəz/, U.S. /ˈrɔɪdərz/ I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Also (esp. in early use) without genitive, in form Reuter. Designating people or things associated with the Reuters international news agency, founded in 1851 in London by Paul Julius Reuter (see the etymology).Originally founded as a business transmitting stock market quotations, the Reuters agency pioneered the use of telegraphy, building up a service used today by newspapers and radio and television stations in most countries. It came to be noted for its speed and unbiased reporting. The agency was purchased by the Thomson Corporation in 2008, and is now known as Thomson Reuters.
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society > communication > journalism > supply of news or newspapers > [adjective] > specific news agency
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1859 Times 31 Oct. 6/5 The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office.]
1860 Times 1 Oct. 7/1 (heading) Reuter's Telegrams.
1896 Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 38 50 The active and able Reuter correspondent in the East.
1913 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 222 No newspapers come aboard, only clipped Reuter telegrams.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media ii. xxiv. 235 A Reuters dispatch for December 13, 1962, reported from Tokyo.
1990 Year of Reckoning (Amer. Watch Comm.) ii. 48 Reuters journalists found no sign of any roadblock at all.
2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 291 He is a dedicated downloader of pornography on his computer, right next to the Reuters wire.
II. Simple uses.
2. absol. The Reuters news agency.
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1870 Northern Echo 27 June 3/5 (heading) Telegraphic news. (Reuter's.)
1875 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 216 My message..appeared in the newspaper to which it was addressed one day in advance of all other newspapers, and even of Reuter's.
1914 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 181 It did not strike me as stuff for which Reuters or the Press Association would lose much sleep.
1977 New Yorker 3 Oct. 98/2 My guide..would be an Englishman..John Peet, who had covered Germany for Reuters, the British news agency.
2005 Computer Buyer May (Compl. Guide to Media Center Suppl.) 21/2 The most exciting glimpse of the future is provided by the news service Reuters, which offers raw footage from the epicentre of selected stories as they become available.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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