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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
Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver are national correspondents for USA TODAY with a focus on weather and climate. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2026 The View from a Banking Center Charlotte’s financial-services community includes institutions that participate in complex multi-party transactions across correspondent banking networks, clearing systems, and multiple technology platforms. — Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026 Senior White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez describes the moment. — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2026 Don Riddell is an anchor and correspondent for CNN’s World Sport. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 20 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
  • Researchers have documented similar benefits around the globe.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Airlines, including Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, have started offering similar rewards cards through their partner, JPMorgan Chase.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of similar
Noun
  • My charge as a theme parks reporter has been to provide Central Floridians with the facts about what is happening or what is planned at our attractions.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
  • See Star-Telegram high school sports editor Charles Baggarly and reporter Darren Lauber’s predictions for 27 Fort Worth-area games.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 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
  • Alongside Sarah Pigeon, Paul embodied the late attorney and journalist and made millions of viewers swoon at their screens.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Netanyahu listed Mamdani’s rapport with streamer Hasan Piker, his hosting of a Palestinian journalist at Gracie Mansion and posts the mayor’s wife liked on social media as proof the mayor is antisemitic.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of journalist
Adjective
  • Tickets cost less than $1, while comparable performances elsewhere can cost as much as $300.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • According to Abramson, the pulses are basically imperceptible, comparable to what a pacemaker sends to the heart.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 29 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
  • The public allegations offered The Star and readers a unique opportunity to learn more about the often undisclosed abuse and inappropriate workplace behavior that bar employees face and question what accountability looks like in such cases.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Normally, such coordination is the nervous system’s job, carried out by little electrical signals traveling along nerves.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of such
Adjective
  • International federations may also permit clothing that the corresponding French federation prohibits domestically.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Don’t read too much into the Dodgers’ corresponding move for Ohtani on Wednesday.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
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“Correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondent. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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