as in similar
having qualities in common
reading and writing are actually correspondent activities
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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
Harry Lambert, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
In his role, Haake will lead the network’s White House coverage, having been named senior correspondent on the team last year.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Chloe Melas Chloe Melas is an entertainment correspondent for NBC News.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 7 May 2026
Yet in recent years, he’s become known more as a culture and arts correspondent.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 6 May 2026
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Noun
Swisher, the mainstream media’s tech whisperer, and CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward were present later in the day too.
—Harry Lambert, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
In his role, Haake will lead the network’s White House coverage, having been named senior correspondent on the team last year.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Chloe Melas Chloe Melas is an entertainment correspondent for NBC News.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 7 May 2026
Yet in recent years, he’s become known more as a culture and arts correspondent.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondent
Adjective
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Many of the precautions a traveler could take are similar to those that became familiar at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Nationally, campuses including Harvard, Duke and the University of Pennsylvania reported similar outages.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Paris Barraza is a reporter covering Los Angeles and Southern California for the USA TODAY Network.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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An analogous argument, albeit in the context of children and teenagers, was recently brought against Meta and other social media companies.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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What’s going on there is analogous to what the oil business did in Houston and Dallas.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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The hundred or so journalists parked not far from the Port of Granadilla have watched a steady and carefully coordinated ballet as the boat transports five passengers at a time to the port that has finally agreed to take them in.—
Melissa Bell,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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American journalists were also imprisoned, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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In January, the FCC issued new guidance over the equal time rule, which requires broadcasters that feature a political candidate on their airwaves offer comparable time to rivals, if it is requested.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Morgan Rielly, the high-end comparable Drance found for Buium, is also a key comparable according to Buium’s current Net Rating profile.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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The Accommodations On Mustique, no two villas are alike.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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The rooms In the Agassiz mansion, no two rooms are alike.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The accepted wisdom in yacht design has been that the fastest ocean passages can only be achieved by multihull craft, such as the current crop of Ultim trimarans, which have three hulls in parallel and have set the big records of the past decade.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Smith’s group recently released a report that said such stops have continued to disproportionately affect Black and Latino drivers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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In the 80 days since the Supreme Court overturned one set of tariffs, fashion brands have been caught somewhere between looking forward to the corresponding refunds and bracing for whatever’s next.—
Tara Donaldson,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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Each person will then be given a level of risk, and a corresponding action plan, which will include a daily temperature check for 42 days and a daily assessment for any signs of feeling sick.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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“Correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondent. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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