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During dinner, musician Malcolm McRae — who’s featured in Simkhai’s campaign imagery, and is also Anya Taylor-Joy’s husband — performed a song for the crowd, while Mia Moretti stepped up for DJ duty.
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
On Saturday, the order line at Café Corazón had more energy than usual as a conga line snaked through hundreds of guests to a DJ playing Latin pop in the café’s intimate lobby.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
Hearing the faint sirens of the white police officers who have been monitoring the area for no real reason, Kid attempts to blend into the party by grabbing the mic of the bored DJ—played by Parliament-Funkadelic’s George Clinton—to freestyle.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
In West Tennessee, the focus shifts to Memphis, where Chef Felicia Willett of Felicia Suzanne’s collaborates with DJ Paul, soul and blues band Southern Avenue, rapper Lil Wyte, and producer Boo Mitchell, who all agree there’s much more to Memphis than meets the eye.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
On Saturday, the order line at Café Corazón had more energy than usual as a conga line snaked through hundreds of guests to a DJ playing Latin pop in the café’s intimate lobby.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
Hearing the faint sirens of the white police officers who have been monitoring the area for no real reason, Kid attempts to blend into the party by grabbing the mic of the bored DJ—played by Parliament-Funkadelic’s George Clinton—to freestyle.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2026
In West Tennessee, the focus shifts to Memphis, where Chef Felicia Willett of Felicia Suzanne’s collaborates with DJ Paul, soul and blues band Southern Avenue, rapper Lil Wyte, and producer Boo Mitchell, who all agree there’s much more to Memphis than meets the eye.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for DJ
Noun
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Person, who first rose to national prominence as a leading MTV VJ between 1995 and 2011, worked extensively as a presenter in Brazilian television before dedicating herself to directing.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Dëmin slots onto Team Vince, alongside VJ Edgecombe, Derik Queen, Kyshawn George, Matas Buzelis, Cedric Coward and Jaylen Wells.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When Hall proves too mute to debate, Kiritsis vents to a radio disc jockey named Fred (Colman Domingo), even though Fred is more interested in smooth tunes than hard news.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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As recalled in a 1987 Chicago Reader article, DuMont made his first appearance on radio in the summer of 1964 while studying at Columbia College Chicago as a fill-in weekend disc jockey at WEEF in Highland Park.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
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“DJ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/DJ. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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