spokespeople

plural noun spokes·peo·ple \ ˈspōks-ˌpē-pəl \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Definition of spokespeople

: people serving as spokesmen or spokeswomen

Recent Examples of spokespeople from the Web

One contradiction of the Trump phenomenon is that even as his spokespeople enjoy and suffer through enormous exposure, the president’s Twitter habit — by far his most powerful communications tool — renders them less necessary than ever.

— mark leibovich, New York Times, "The Risky Business of Speaking for President Trump," 23 May 2018
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, whose spokespeople claim that approximately one-third of his American following is Jewish, nonetheless seems to have a problem with at least some official segments of the American Jewish community.

— win mccormack, The New Republic, "Bhagwan’s Jewish Problem," 12 Apr. 2018
The school and soccer team each confirmed through spokespeople that Tyra will remain part of the group.

— justin sayers, The Courier-Journal, "New Louisville AD Vince Tyra can remain a part-owner of Louisville City FC – with a catch," 28 Mar. 2018
The White House, Pence and Senator Susan Collins, through spokespeople, were contacted.

— kaylee remington, cleveland.com, "Cleveland State University officials say campus is now safe after issuing shelter in place request," 10 Feb. 2018
But the German academy (called the Leopoldina) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences have not in living memory ejected members, according to their spokespeople.

— meredith wadman, Science | AAAS, "Will U.S. academies expel sexual harassers?," 29 May 2018
Even so, many of Trump’s White House aides and spokespeople would be attending the soiree to share a toast with the enemy.

— mark leibovich, New York Times, "The Risky Business of Speaking for President Trump," 23 May 2018
Musk and Tesla spokespeople have repeatedly said the feature can reduce crashes by 40 percent.

— aarian marshall, WIRED, "Is Tesla's Autopilot Safe? Finding Out Demands Better Data," 17 May 2018
One important change that brought interplanetary rocketry to the West Coast, NASA spokespeople explain, was pure technical power.

— geoff manaugh, The Atlantic, "Los Angeles, America’s Future Spaceport," 17 May 2018

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