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Definition of exclusive noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

exclusive

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/ɪkˈskluːsɪv/
 
/ɪkˈskluːsɪv/
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  1. an item of news or a story about famous people that is published in only one newspaper or magazine or broadcast on only one TV or radio station
    • We feature an exclusive on the mothers whose babies were swapped at birth.
    • The paper printed a world exclusive on the presidential scandal.
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2
    Word Originlate 15th cent. (as a noun denoting something that excludes): from medieval Latin exclusivus, from Latin excludere ‘shut out’, from ex- ‘out’ + claudere ‘to shut’.
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