What does hard news mean?

hard news means "news that deals with serious topics or events".

Is hard news a common word?

hard news is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

hard news — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
news that deals with serious topics or events
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What does hard news mean?: hard news means "news that deals with serious topics or events".
Is hard news a common word?: hard news is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hard news come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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