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or disk jockey
as in shock jock
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Recent Examples of disc jockey
Wood was a radio announcer and jazz disc jockey and took DeJohnette around to clubs.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Corey was a disc jockey on WHRB, the student-run radio station at Harvard University and the lead guitarist of Meltdown.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Court documents reveal federal prosecutors’ case against the couple, alleging the pair did not report any income from Jennifer Powers and only documented a gross income of $40,000 from Stephen Powers’ disc jockey business in the tax years 2018 and 2019 combined.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Johnson County mother of two and beloved disc jockey, was killed, friends told The Star after talking with family.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Corey was a disc jockey on WHRB, the student-run radio station at Harvard University and the lead guitarist of Meltdown.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Court documents reveal federal prosecutors’ case against the couple, alleging the pair did not report any income from Jennifer Powers and only documented a gross income of $40,000 from Stephen Powers’ disc jockey business in the tax years 2018 and 2019 combined.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Johnson County mother of two and beloved disc jockey, was killed, friends told The Star after talking with family.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disc jockey
Noun
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That logic was adopted by opportunistic influencers and shock jocks in the initial Trump years.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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From offending an entire city so badly that local stations boycotted their music to dropping so many expletives on live radio that even shock jock Howard Stern clutched his pearls, Green Day has been nothing if not consistent in its nearly two decades as a band.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Bills have a host of capable receiving options like Shakir, tight end Dalton Kincaid and now wide receiver DJ Moore, who was acquired for a second round pick, but the team still has a need at the position.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Sundown HiFi, a venture lead by Kansas City mucisian and DJ Casio McCombs, was a project years in the making, according to him.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
Updated March 31,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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Many can even bid on live and silent auctions like a VJ Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey autographed All-Star ball, and a Jack Hughes signed Olympic Jersey, to name a few.—
Kerri Corrado,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Ulmen has been a household name in Germany for decades, first as a MTV VJ, then as a comedian and actor on hit series including Jerks and crime procedural Tatort, and in films, including Berlin Blues (2003), and Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht!—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Disc jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disc%20jockey. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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