Definition of spin doctor
: a person (such as a political aide) responsible for ensuring that others interpret an event from a particular point of view
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The spin doctors from both sides were already declaring victory for their candidates as soon as the debate ended.
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There are many intriguing dinners over which the pair allegedly cracked their plan with the help of a solicitor, a professional spin doctor, and eventually a journalist, Penny Junor, who was commissioned to portray Camilla well at Diana’s expense.
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Putin, perhaps with an eye to posterity, has been trying to rehabilitate the reputation of the deceased tyrant and mass murderer — a task that will challenge the skills of his spin doctors.
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The political spin doctors were out in full force Wednesday, as Republicans licked their wounds from an embarrassing loss and Democrats bellowed with confidence after winning a Pennsylvania district that Donald Trump took by 20 points in 2016.
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Roosevelt’s spin doctors had always been perplexed that some wartime sound bites caught on while others did not.
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The public relations spin doctors are working overtime at Apple this week.
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Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's ex-communications chief and former Labour Party spin doctor, has spilled the beans in his latest batch of diaries (H/T The Sunday Times).
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But surrounded by friends (played by Ed Helms and Jim Gaffigan) and eventually a team of spin doctors assembled by his father, Ted keeps trying to seize the opportunity to be righteous, to give a big Kennedy speech and steer the ship.
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That was the rap that all of the spin doctors had been pushing.
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First Known Use of spin doctor
1984
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Definition of spin doctor for English Language Learners
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: a person (such as a political aide) whose job involves trying to control the way something (such as an important event) is described to the public in order to influence what people think about it
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