as in reporters
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 correspondents
Fox News is set to make significant changes to its weekend lineup, giving new shows to Outnumbered co-host and former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany and current Fox White House correspondents Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich.
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Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Heinrich and Doocy, Fox News' senior White House correspondents, are set to rotate as the weekly hosts of a brand-new morning show, The Sunday Briefing, which will take the place of MediaBuzz with Howie Kurtz.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The Duke of Sussex is pretty protective of his children, so when Meghan posted a photo of them on set of her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, some royal correspondents found the action to be odd.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Two correspondents from that locale recently emailed about their gardenias, which have proven to be decidedly unfussy.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Francesca Chambers and Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy are White House correspondents for USA TODAY.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Six years ago, right before the pandemic struck, NPR correspondents Rebecca Davis and Marc Silver visited a village called Nduru Beach in Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria.
—Viola Kosome, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Terrorists masquerading as journalists disgrace the profession & put real war correspondents in mortal danger.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
That includes war correspondents who are covering war while under the protection of an armed group.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Heinrich and Doocy, Fox News' senior White House correspondents, are set to rotate as the weekly hosts of a brand-new morning show, The Sunday Briefing, which will take the place of MediaBuzz with Howie Kurtz.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The Duke of Sussex is pretty protective of his children, so when Meghan posted a photo of them on set of her Netflix show, With Love, Meghan, some royal correspondents found the action to be odd.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Two correspondents from that locale recently emailed about their gardenias, which have proven to be decidedly unfussy.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
Francesca Chambers and Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy are White House correspondents for USA TODAY.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Six years ago, right before the pandemic struck, NPR correspondents Rebecca Davis and Marc Silver visited a village called Nduru Beach in Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria.
—Viola Kosome, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Terrorists masquerading as journalists disgrace the profession & put real war correspondents in mortal danger.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
That includes war correspondents who are covering war while under the protection of an armed group.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correspondents
Noun
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According to the Army, the media review emails were mistakenly sent to reporters, but the information in them is publicly available.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Carter was not available for comment during the three days reporters were in the locker room.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday referred journalists' questions to Russia's Defense Ministry.—
Will Gretsky,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Correspondents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correspondents. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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