variants
or anchorpeople
as in newscasters
one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program
the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story
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Noun
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The group ventriloquized the voices of authority—parents, school principals, cops, military officers, judges, politicians, newscasters, Soviet apparatchiks—and turned them into expressions of mass insanity.—
Andrew Katzenstein,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026 -
World-famous newscasters didn't know who Jeffrey Epstein was.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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After holding steady last year while commercial broadcasters such as Canal+ and TF1 scaled back, the public broadcaster will reduce its investment in film by €5 million in 2026.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Once broadcasters enter the Pete Maher broadcast booth — named after the longtime, legendary Flames broadcaster — they’re treated to some of the best sight lines in the league for broadcasters.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The mother has told reporters that her daughter had a boyfriend named David.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Speaking with reporters after the competition in Montreal, all the frustration Wilkins, Prefontaine, Bowerman and hundreds of other athletes had felt toward the American system came rushing out.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Trump made his way out with UFC CEO and president Dana White and went around to the announcers and had an exchange with Joe Rogan, who was sitting at the announcers’ table.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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The game announcers spotted her immediately, and the camera kept returning to her throughout the action.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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An infinity pool anchors the home, overlooking the canopy and coastline, with an outdoor shower for a quick rinse after a dip in one of Tamarindo’s many stunning beaches.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2026
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Some of the latest incidents of accidental or suspected sabotage damage to undersea cables have even simply involved ships dragging their anchors across the seafloor.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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Contemporary Christians who give other Christians a pass on any of these do not seem to be very good correspondents of the Apostle.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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As the campaign began, CNN alone had correspondents in and reporting from Baghdad.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 Apr. 2026
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The viral allegations—originating from fringe French commentators and later amplified by conservative commentator Candace Owens, claiming Macron’s real name is Jean-Michel Trogneux, who is, in fact, Macron’s brother.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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