foreign correspondent

noun

Synonyms of foreign correspondentnext
: a correspondent employed to send news or comment from a foreign country

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Copyright © 2026 by Lynda Schuster Lynda Schuster is a former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent who worked in Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa. Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 Raf Sanchez Raf Sanchez is a foreign correspondent for NBC News. Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 27 May 2026 Trey Yingst, the Fox News foreign correspondent, offers dispatches via TikTok. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 May 2026 How does that experience—writing without a byline as a sort of anonymous commenter—compare to your other work as a foreign correspondent writing from India, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran? Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign correspondent

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreign correspondent was in 1881

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“Foreign correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20correspondent. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.

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