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
Emily Guskin, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Two days after the sketch aired, a gunman opened fire outside the correspondents’ association event at a hotel in Washington, forcing the president and the first lady to rush out of the ballroom.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
To assemble the list, TIME solicited nominations across sectors, and polled its global network of editors and correspondents, as well as outside experts.
—Time Pr, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
Following Today, Chancellor remained in the NBC family and became a political correspondent for NBC News.
—Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Overall, there was no significant difference in attitudes before and after the White House correspondents’ dinner, but Republican support for the ballroom increased from 62% before the dinner to 72% after.
—Emily Guskin, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Two days after the sketch aired, a gunman opened fire outside the correspondents’ association event at a hotel in Washington, forcing the president and the first lady to rush out of the ballroom.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
To assemble the list, TIME solicited nominations across sectors, and polled its global network of editors and correspondents, as well as outside experts.
—Time Pr, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
Following Today, Chancellor remained in the NBC family and became a political correspondent for NBC News.
—Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondent
Adjective
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Kirsten Kelly-Vargas and her husband, Gary, felt a similar urgency to acquire the proper attire for the occasion.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Paller tried a similar experiment in 2009, this time using sound.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Jackson Thompson is a sports reporter for Fox News Digital covering critical political and cultural issues in sports, with an investigative lens.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 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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Speculation began swirling after flirty messages between Harry and Mail on Sunday journalist Charlotte Griffiths were revealed during his unlawful information gathering court case against the outlet’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
3 May 2026
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The fragile three-week ceasefire appears to be holding, though Trump on Saturday told journalists that further strikes remained a possibility.—
Adam Schreck,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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Teamsters Local 727, which represents animal care specialists, groundskeepers, patrol officers, seasonals, aides, and custodians, said the zoo's latest contract offer would take away their current health care plans without providing a comparable alternative.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The idea is to deal with a heavily armored or deeply buried target by dropping a bomb that is hard enough and heavy enough to plunge through yards of earth and stone to deliver a staggering blast comparable to a seismic event.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 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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Its most frequent use comes in local, nonpartisan races for offices such as school board or city council.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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No such mystery surrounded the whereabouts of Daniel Kinahan, the forty-eight-year-old Irishman who was arrested in Dubai on April 17th.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The dramatic gown and corresponding headpiece, which RiRi found online, have become one of the most instantly recognizable looks in Met Gala history.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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The Wafer Scale Engine, and its corresponding sparse programming framework, have shown incredibly sparse results of up to 70 percent sparsity on LLMs.—
Olivia Hsu,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondent. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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