(1854) a book by Charles DICKENS about life in an imaginary industrial city in northern England. One of its main characters is the businessman Thomas GRADGRIND, who is only interested in facts and practical matters, and teaches his children that love and imagination have no use or value.
a serious daily newspaper which is produced in New York City. It is sold everywhere in the US and in many other countries, and people in the US often just call it 'the Times'.
a serious British Sunday newspaper whose political opinions are fairly RIGHT-WING . The Sunday Times was one of the first papers to be divided into SECTION s (= separate parts), such as a Sports Section and a Business Section, and it has a very large number of these.