How to Use correspondent in a Sentence

correspondent

noun
  • When writing to business correspondents, use a formal tone.
  • This year won’t see a correspondent from New Orleans for the first time since 2017.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Wood, a longtime correspondent on The Daily Show, is the latest in a long line of celebrity guest hosts on the show.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The lifestyle and commerce correspondent got engaged to the Ethos Capital founder in the Hamptons in May 2019.
    Charlotte Triggs, Peoplemag, 23 July 2023
  • Rory Smith is The Times’s chief soccer correspondent, based in Britain.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 June 2023
  • His tone was so resolved, the correspondent felt compelled to answer him.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The Sunday shows have become something of an old boys’ club — even though most of them are anchored or co-anchored by female correspondents.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
  • News correspondents are trained to keep their emotions in check, but sometimes a story comes along that makes such a feat all but impossible.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • She's served as the popular game show's social correspondent since 2021.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • One of his closest correspondents was John Stuart Mill.
    Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Ahmed, a correspondent for the Times, retraces the story of Miriam Rodríguez, whose daughter was abducted, in 2014, and later killed.
    By Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The judge ruled that Gershkovich, who worked as a Russia correspondent for the Journal, is to stay in jail awaiting an investigation and trial.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
  • One of its correspondents, who is also an attorney, even worked with Trump’s legal team to subvert the 2020 election results.
    Marshall Cohen, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • One of those heroes is your humble Nashville correspondent, me.
    Michael Kosser, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • The correspondents who narrate alternating sections of the three-part novel are Tricia and Rainey.
    Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
  • This is Jason Del Rey, Fortune’s new tech correspondent.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Chief national correspondent Matt Gutman reported on the news that Westfield Mall would be shutting down, one of the latest in a series of major store closings in the city.
    Lindsay Kornick, Fox News, 15 June 2023
  • The Times’ special correspondent in Gaza cannot be named for security reasons.
    Nabih Bulos and A Times Special Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In American Mother, Diane looks back on James’s life, from his childhood to his career as a freelance war correspondent.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • On the campaign trail, Soren worked closely with Alison Stewart, a producer who went on to become a correspondent.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
  • Desus did the work of a Daily Show correspondent while actually serving as a Daily Show host by doing some man-on-the-street interviewing.
    Vulture, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Herald senior baseball correspondent Craig Mish hosts Newswire from 11 a.m. to noon weekdays on Sportsgrid.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • McDonnell is a staff writer and Sánchez Vidal a special correspondent.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • He had been seen as a potential replacement for Trevor Noah during a year in which Comedy Central tested several correspondents and guest stars in the role.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The latest from Washington and beyond, covering current events, the economy, and more, from our columnists and correspondents.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Image Annie Karni is a congressional correspondent for The Times.
    Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Lachlan Cartwright is a special correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter.
    Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Globe correspondent Ethan Fuller contributed to this report.
    Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
  • Globe correspondent Varun Shankar contributed to this report.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • As the comments proliferated, Socialite Rank became less like a website than a world, in which events occurred that were worthy of coverage, and Morgan was its chief correspondent.
    Jessica Pressler, Town & Country, 17 May 2023

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