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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  wire service
       n : an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and
           distributes it electronically [syn: news agency, press
           agency, press association, news organization, news
           organisation]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  wire service
     n.
     A service provided by a news agency that transmits news reports to
  subscribers electronically, e.g. by telegraph or the Internet. The
  subscribers are usually media outlets such as newspapers. Examples
  include the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated%20Press and
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Press%20International.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  wire service
     n.
     A service provided by a news agency that transmits news reports to
  subscribers electronically, e.g. by telegraph or the Internet. The
  subscribers are usually media outlets such as newspapers. Examples
  include the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated%20Press and
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Press%20International.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  wire service
     n.
     A service provided by a news agency that transmits news reports to
  subscribers electronically, e.g. by telegraph or the Internet. The
  subscribers are usually media outlets such as newspapers. Examples
  include the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated%20Press and
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Press%20International.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  wire service
     n.
     A service provided by a news agency that transmits news reports to
  subscribers electronically, e.g. by telegraph or the Internet. The
  subscribers are usually media outlets such as newspapers. Examples
  include the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated%20Press and
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Press%20International.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  wire service /wˈaɪə sˈɜːvɪs/ 
  novinová agentura

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  wire service /wˈaɪə sˈɜːvɪs/ 
  tisková agentura

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "wire service":
     TelAutography, Teletype, Teletype network, Teletyping, advice,
     broadcast journalism, closed-circuit telegraphy, code,
     duplex telegraphy, electricity, facsimile telegraph, information,
     intelligence, interrupter, journalism, key, multiplex telegraphy,
     news, news agency, news medium, news service, news ticker,
     newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newspaper, newsworthiness,
     press association, quadruplex telegraphy, radio,
     railroad telegraphy, receiver, reportage, sender,
     simplex telegraphy, single-current telegraphy, sounder,
     stock ticker, submarine telegraphy, telegraph agency, telegraphics,
     telegraphy, teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriting,
     television, telex, the fourth estate, the press, ticker, tidings,
     transmitter, typotelegraph, typotelegraphy, word
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 通讯社

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