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tidings

[ tahy-dingz ]

noun

(sometimes used with a singular verb)
  1. news, information, or intelligence:

    Cards with joyful holiday tidings filled the fireplace mantel.

    The soldiers eagerly opened the letters, devouring the tidings from home.



tidings

/ ˈ³Ù²¹Éª»åɪŋ³ú /

plural noun

  1. information or news
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tidings1

First recorded before 1100; Middle English; Old English ³ÙÄ«»å³Ü²Ô²µ “announcement, news itemâ€; cognate with Dutch tijding, German Zeitung “newspaper, newsâ€; akin to Old Norse ³ÙÄ«³Ù³ó¾±²Ô»å¾± “news, eventsâ€; tide 2, -ing 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tidings1

Old English ³ÙÄ«»å³Ü²Ô²µ; related to Middle Low German ³ÙÄ«»å¾±²Ô²µ±ð information, Old Norse tidhendi events; see tide ²
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But it’s not only the flu that’s threatening to dampen the nation’s good tidings.

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In following Christ, she explained, it is his mercy and advocacy for the downtrodden — for whom he was anointed to bring "glad tidings" — that she and her fellow marchers look to for guidance.

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More than a year after the Russian invasion, a British humanitarian aid worker who traveled often to Ukraine returned to his Stratford base, bearing — with a measure of Shakespearean brio — extraordinary tidings.

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Each box of cards had a theme — Disney characters, Garfield, the Berenstain Bears — but were otherwise generic, bearing anodyne tidings of holiday cheer.

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The nominations for the 81st Golden Globes, announced Monday morning, brought good tidings for box-office titans “Barbie†and “Oppenheimer,†though some of the other contenders hoping to break through were dealt an early setback.

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