wire service
noun [C] mainly USDefinition
› an organization that supplies news to newspapers, radio, and television stations, etc. using an electrical communication systemThe press and news reporting
(Definition of wire service noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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