newspaperman
noun
news·pa·per·man
ˈnüz-ˌpā-pər-ˌman 
ˈnyüz-,
ˈn(y)üs-
: a person who owns or is employed by a newspaper
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But an obsession with the truth is at the heart of every newspaperman, even a cynic like Cyrus.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
According to a 2023 account in the Washington Post, the publisher was moved by a parade of witnesses who attested that Roosevelt, though boisterous, only drank modestly; on the stand, the newspaperman withdrew his claims.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Sep. 2025
On the night of November 4th, after a tense hour-long conversation with the newspaperman and short-story writer Damon Runyon at Lindy’s restaurant, Rothstein received a call from the Park Central Hotel.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
James served in the Army during the war, then became a newspaperman.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
According to a 2023 account in the Washington Post, the publisher was moved by a parade of witnesses who attested that Roosevelt, though boisterous, only drank modestly; on the stand, the newspaperman withdrew his claims.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Sep. 2025
On the night of November 4th, after a tense hour-long conversation with the newspaperman and short-story writer Damon Runyon at Lindy’s restaurant, Rothstein received a call from the Park Central Hotel.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
James served in the Army during the war, then became a newspaperman.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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“Newspaperman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspaperman. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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newspaperman
noun
news·pa·per·man
-ˌman
: one who owns or is employed by a newspaper
especially
: one who writes or edits copy for a newspaper
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