foreign correspondent

noun

Definition of foreign correspondentnext
as in correspondent

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Recent Examples of foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, the Fox News foreign correspondent, offers dispatches via TikTok. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 May 2026 How does that experience—writing without a byline as a sort of anonymous commenter—compare to your other work as a foreign correspondent writing from India, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran? — Daniel Drake, The New York Review of Books, 16 May 2026 In either late May or early June, Patricia Lochridge, an American journalist who was a foreign correspondent in Germany during the war, was made mayor for the day of Berchtesgaden, near the Austrian border where Hitler owned a mountain retreat. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026 Caputo’s work as a foreign correspondent came with hazards. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign correspondent
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  1. correspondent
  2. reporter
  3. journalist
  4. interviewer
  5. newsman
  6. newsperson
  7. stringer
Noun
  • Senior investigative correspondent Aaron Katersky has that side of the story.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • After nearly a decade at CBS News, correspondent Nikki Battiste is taking her skills back to NBC.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of correspondent
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  • The shooter is among the dead, Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks told reporters at a news conference held Saturday night.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Here’s a compilation of the latest reporting as of Friday night from The Athletic’s team of reporters as Monday’s trade deadline approaches.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • Associated Press journalist Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed to this report.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Israel’s wartime response has resulted in the killings of over 73,000 Palestinians, including civilians, journalists and humanitarian workers, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
    — Jake Shore, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of journalist
Noun
  • In an interview, a candidate who naturally matches an interviewer's pace and tone can create a feeling of connection that gets mistaken for cultural fit.
    — Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The interviewer visibly panicked, and fans all over social media went bananas — jokes about Lacy’s impending assassination at the hands of Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige abounded.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
Definition of interviewer
Noun
  • Candidates like actress Mayim Bialik, newsman Anderson Cooper, and Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026
  • Nelson wrote that the retiring newsman was a hobbyless man, which Cotliar-Zweifach said was a fair statement.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of newsman
Noun
  • This is an office only a newsperson could love.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The iconic newsperson died Friday evening her representative Cindi Berger tells PEOPLE.
    — Stephen M. Silverman, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
Definition of newsperson
Noun
  • Then again, Dalton is an accomplished backup who hasn’t been a third-stringer.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • In Indonesia, a stringer walks through a village, or at least what was once a village before the mud flowed down from a forest and swept the village along with it.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Definition of stringer

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“Foreign correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foreign%20correspondent. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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