Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stopped the presses

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables
stopped the -press-es
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does stopped the presses mean?
simple past and past participle of stop the presses

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