Fleet Street

noun

ˈflēt- How to pronounce Fleet Street (audio)
: the London press
Fleet Streeter
ˈflēt-ˌstrē-tər How to pronounce Fleet Street (audio)
noun

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The partnership between two outsiders clawing their way in, joined by an equally canny journalist played by Claire Foy, comes to shape Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare where scribblers plied their trade, in Lamb’s and Murdoch’s images. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 Jules is an amalgam of real women who worked on Fleet Street—the street in central London that was, for a time, the center of the British newspaper industry, where virtually every major British newspaper had its offices. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026 London’s Fleet Street was once considered the most important location for journalism in the world, with Britain s national newspaper making the street its home for centuries. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Apr. 2026 Green Route buses will be rerouted from Fleet Street and Broadway, south of Fayette Street, to provide service to portions of Orleans Street and North Broadway. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Fleet Street

Word History

Etymology

Fleet Street, London, England, center of the London newspaper district

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Fleet Street was in 1882

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