announcers

plural of announcer
as in hosts
a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity announcer for the Indy 500

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Recent Examples of announcers The networks bring on two play-by-play announcers for the tournament. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The announcers revealed the kinds of small biographical details familiar to anyone who has watched the Olympics, attempting to humanize the athletes by highlighting their love of macaroni and cheese, Greek mythology, or Legos. Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 Green was lauded by the ESPN announcers multiple times during the week for her defense and speed, comparing her to Jayda Coleman, a four-time College World Series champion at Oklahoma. Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026 The announcers continued to call out Fletcher’s lack of urgency in between moves. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out to hear one of my favorite baseball announcers has been let go in a round of ESPN layoffs. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 21 July 2026 One thing that is expected to remain a constant is the local announcers that fans are used to hearing. ABC News, 21 July 2026 Then there are wagers on points scored in the first half of the game, an individual player's performance, what sports announcers will say live and endless other possible outcomes. Bobby Allyn, NPR, 17 July 2026 Never mind that Canales doesn’t speak Spanish himself — the way that Telemundo announcers start talking faster as the action on the pitch intensifies is its own kind of language. Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
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Noun
  • Under the terms of the arrangement, HardScope will broker deals with podcast hosts and other figures to promote DraftKings, and is entitled to keep a commission of up to 14%.
    Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Throughout the summer season, Hotel Albatross hosts rotating food pop-ups for guests to enjoy, ranging from Cheech’s bagels to Phoenicia Diner specials.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026
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
Noun
  • The film follows Silibil N’ Brains — two aspiring Scottish rappers who, after being mocked for their accents, rebranded themselves as Californian emcees and duped their way into a record deal with Sony.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The chatter caused the emcees to not-so-playfully shush the crowd several times.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 6 June 2026

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“Announcers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/announcers. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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