foreign correspondent

noun

Definition of foreign correspondentnext
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign correspondent
  1. correspondent
  2. reporter
  3. journalist
  4. interviewer
  5. newsman
  6. newsperson
  7. stringer
Noun
  • Said alleged that in one incident during her employment, she was placed on a male-only team that included Gutman, an on-air correspondent, and two crew members.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett texts with us about the implications.
    — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of correspondent
Noun
  • Maury Povich has lived many lives — radio news reporter, anchorman, talk show host, podcast entrepreneur, husband of Connie Chung.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
  • People hearing those stories—attorneys, reporters, healthcare workers or friends—may expect a clearer, linear narrative.
    — Michele Patterson Ford, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • The deportees were clad in white, and many covered their faces out of safety as journalists filmed their arrival.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Critics of the proposal pointed to the fact that Mexico is already one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists; nine were killed last year.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of journalist
Noun
  • Platforms including Cluely, Interview Coder, and Final Round AI render answers on the candidate’s own display, outside the layer a screen share captures, while transcribing the interviewer’s audio as the conversation happens.
    — Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Hinckley’s interviewer, Mark Joseph, is the producer of the movie Reagan, which originally came out in 2024, starring Dennis Quaid as the former president, as well as Penelope Ann Miller and Jon Voight.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of interviewer
Noun
  • Once, when his unit came under heavy fire, a soldier running for cover caught a glimpse of Salinger hunched under a table, clacking away like a frenzied newsman on deadline.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Candidates like actress Mayim Bialik, newsman Anderson Cooper, and Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 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
  • And one week later, when all Cousins did was watch from the sideline while Mendoza started and then gave way to third-stringer Aidan O'Connell in the second half, Kubiak's changing course?
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Dolphins third-stringer Cam Miller completed 3 of 11 passes and threw two picks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of stringer

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