disc jockey

variants or disk jockey

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Recent Examples of disc jockey Burbank also worked as a host and disc jockey in Tennessee and Windsor, Ontario. Dave Clark, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2025 Rounding out the cast are Jameela Jamil as philanthropist/fashion model Tahani Al-Jamil, D’Arcy Carden as virtual assistant Janet, Manny Jacinto as amateur disk jockey Jason Mendoza, and Danson as Good Place architect Michael. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 31 Aug. 2025 While on a phone interview with a radio station in 2023, however, the disc jockey compared Dickerson's energy to that of a WWE main event wrestler, which spurred a Russellmania T-shirt. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 National Night Out also featured a mechanical bull, a Blues Brothers mobile, food, giveaways and a Park Ridge police officer as a disc jockey. Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disc jockey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disc jockey
Noun
  • Powell’s regulatory activism, done mostly to curb the outrageous antics of radio shock jocks, resulted in some of the most significant and long-lasting restrictions on broadcast freedom in U.S. history.
    Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
  • How Charlamagne shed his 'shock jock' past While Harris has been cast as an innately cautious public figure who rose to power in the insidery political circles of California's Bay Area, Charlamagne's boisterousness is rooted in South Carolina, where he was born and raised.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the owners spend most of their evenings on the upper deck with its jacuzzi and a wraparound DJ booth.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Running back Chuba Hubbard leads the team with 401 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns, while wide receiver DJ Moore has 32 receptions for 452 yards and 3 touchdowns.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sure, star guard Tyrese Maxey has been phenomenal so far, and rookie guard VJ Edgecombe has been nothing short of a revelation.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Eighties exercise class, The Price Is Right, a split-second of original VJ Mark Goodman on MTV, and then a broadcast of the 1973 Terrence Malick film Badlands.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025

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