Maybe the journalists will write this (7)

I believe the answer is:

article

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'maybe the' is the definition.
('the' is the definite article)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for article that I've seen before include "Newspaper item" , "Piece in paper" , "Newspaper essay" , "'The', definitely" , "account in the Financial Times" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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