foreign correspondent

noun

Definition of foreign correspondentnext
as in correspondent

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Recent Examples of foreign correspondent From 2008 to 2010, I was based there as a foreign correspondent. — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026 Rescuers are struggling to get to survivors, foreign correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Nepal. — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026 Based in Mexico City as a foreign correspondent, Linthicum joined The Times in 2008. — Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Trump told Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst in an interview released Tuesday. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 July 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
  • Special correspondent Stuart Miller contributed to this report.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Flowers talks with correspondent Luke Burbank about storytelling, family, and what true success feels like.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of correspondent
Noun
  • The governor-elect, speaking to reporters Thursday afternoon inside the state Capitol, had just concluded a meeting with Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro-Tempore Monique Limón.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Former baseball All-Star Mark Teixeira won a congressional seat in Texas, former football coach Tommy Tuberville won the Alabama governor’s race, but former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya lost her Senate race in Minnesota.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of reporter
Noun
  • Unlike journalists seeking records through the California Public Records Act, the watchdog can compel internal agency records.
    — Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • There are claims that Cabinet officials, politicians, journalists, civil society leaders and business executives were also subjected to unauthorized surveillance.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of journalist
Noun
  • Certified forensic interviewer Eric Echols say that evidence points away from law enforcement's conclusion about the death of Heather Turner.
    — La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • When the interviewer challenged Barr, accusing her of lying, the actress stood by her story.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 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
  • Even third-stringer Joe Fagnano is dealing with an ankle injury, but head coach Jesse Minter announced Tuesday that the undrafted rookie out of UConn would start Thursday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Then third-stringer Marvis Parrish got hurt on the third play of the game after a first down.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of stringer

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