Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
New things, new matters, or tidings.
Modern meaning
Information about recent events; current reporting.
Research lens
A tidy acronym myth loses to the older plural sense of new things, which is less catchy but much better supported.
Meaning trail
Root
new things
Plural newness, not an acronym, sits at the origin.
Older sense
tidings or fresh events
The freshness of information matters more than format.
Now
current reporting
The word narrowed into a media and information institution.