anchorpersons

noun

variants or anchorpeople
plural of anchorperson
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anchorpersons
  1. newscasters
  2. broadcasters
  3. reporters
  4. announcers
  5. anchors
  6. correspondents
  7. commentators
Noun
  • There’s something powerful—and, yes, stripped down—about seeing these politicians and newscasters without being able to hear their language.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of newscasters
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of broadcasters
Noun
  • And for broadcast leaders, please keep investing in reporters and tools to serve the traveling public.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • But the chief declined to classify the violence as gang-related at a community briefing on July 24, when reporters pressed her about whether the people involved belonged to rival gangs or families.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of reporters
Noun
  • The announcers continued to call out Fletcher’s lack of urgency in between moves.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The Athletic counted, downloaded and listened to all 308 goals over 104 games, as called by Telemundo’s nine announcers, and found the longest call of the men’s World Cup.
    — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of announcers
Noun
  • The disruption extended far beyond the classroom, leaving communities to absorb the loss of institutions that had long served as neighborhood anchors.
    — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Defensive tackles Tyrique Tucker and Mario Landino return as anchors inside, while the Hoosiers also added Kansas State edge transfer Tobi Osunsanmi from the transfer portal.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of anchors
Noun
  • Also let go were correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega — and soon after, Scott Pelley, after a tense confrontation with his bosses over the changes.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • This time, some big names are joining the newsmagazine as correspondents and contributors, bolstering its ranks after the departures of Scott Pelley, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Definition of correspondents
Noun
  • 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
Definition of commentators
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