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adjective

ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dənt How to pronounce correspondent (audio)
Definition of correspondentnext
as in similar
having qualities in common reading and writing are actually correspondent activities

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correspondent

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noun

as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup

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Recent Examples of correspondent
Noun
Network correspondents are usually present on the weekends when the president is in Washington or at nearby Camp David. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 North Carolina farmer Matt Bell is interviewed by CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes. — Emma Nicholson, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Weiss restocked the program’s correspondent corps with one new full-timer — Ross Douthat, the longtime conservative opinion writer for the New York Times — and several new contributors, none of whom showed up in the premiere. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 The Athletic’s soccer correspondent David Ornstein will be joining The Athletic FC podcast every Tuesday during the Premier League season. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for correspondent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondent
  1. similar
  2. reporter
  3. analogous
  4. journalist
  5. comparable
  6. alike
  7. such
  8. corresponding
Adjective
  • Its board was drawn from the same captains of industry—bankers, retailers, insurance men—who would have occupied such positions in any similar synagogue.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Simons and the Italian designer share a similar aesthetic hinged on modernism and occasionally futurism and even provocation.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of similar
Noun
  • Taylor Rooks provides features with the game’s brightest stars, and NFL reporter James Palmer delivers news from around the league.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Rios was not charged in connection with the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of a pilot, an NBC4 reporter and a bystander.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of reporter
Adjective
  • The senator said the Food and Drug Administration's model of pharmaceutical regulation is analogous to the AI debate.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In some ways, shorebirds are analogous to the wolves that hunt the deer and elk populations that eat the tree saplings that become the trees that beavers use to build dams that help the fish—and so on.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of analogous
Noun
  • The other has been hidden by banning media coverage, so the world has seen nothing but cell phone videos made by Palestinian journalists risking their lives to record them.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • If The Social Network was about the people who laid Facebook’s foundation, Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up, The Social Reckoning, is about the whistleblower and the journalist who exposed the rot in its infrastructure.
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of journalist
Adjective
  • National Hurricane Center data shows that Polo has reached speeds comparable to only a few hurricanes to form in the region in recent decades, primarily Hurricane Patricia in 2015, which reached 215 mph.
    — DESIREE BROOKS, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Fusion signatures face scrutiny The researchers also found temperature differences between the active reactor and a calibration device operating under comparable input-power conditions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of comparable
Adjective
  • America's most affluent suburbs are more alike than different.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • According to author Caroline Hallemann—whose book The Kennedys and the Windsors came out on June 2—the two women were even more alike than meets the eye.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 9 June 2026
Definition of alike
Adjective
  • But the automotive industry has been a leading adopter of industrial robots for decades, with such robots typically being robotic arms installed at workstations and mobile robots that move components or materials around.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Applegate’s new video has been met with love and support from such celebrities as Chelsea Handler and Vanessa Marcil and especially from fellow MS survivors, who praise her bravery and resilience.
    — Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of such
Adjective
  • One designed to put more aircraft, sensors, and weapons into contested airspace without requiring a corresponding increase in pilots.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In Tuesday’s corresponding move, the Sox designated pitcher José Urquidy for assignment.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
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“Correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondent. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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