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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

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Noun
  • But just a few hours earlier, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins had insisted to reporters that the contingency fund could not be used even if the administration wanted to.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Nine hours after addressing reporters in the wake of a humbling 28-6 loss to Baltimore, Mike McDaniel was at it again on Friday, speaking to Dolphins reporters via Zoom in the normal day-after-game media availability that’s required for all NFL head coaches.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Classified spy satellites are the Ferraris of the space world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In recent years, The View dressed a child as an Oscar with a red handprint on their face to commemorate the infamous Will Smith Oscars slap, and dressed another kid as the legendary Chinese spy balloon one year later.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Chloe Melas Chloe Melas is an entertainment correspondent for NBC News.
    Adam Reiss, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA TODAY.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Products from companies like Cogent Security, 7AI, Prophet, and Dropzone AI, for instance, automate some of the routine defensive tactics that companies perform, using agents to send out alerts and escalate incident reports.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Sandra Vergara is the newest real estate agent on Selling Sunset season 9.
    Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Diane Brady is an award-winning business journalist and author who has interviewed newsmakers worldwide and often speaks about the global business landscape.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The one-of-a-kind immersive activation was designed to spotlight the Austrian crystal brand’s milestone 130 years in business and is the brainchild of Swarovski global creative director Giovanna Engelbert, curated with the help of British fashion journalist and critic Alexander Fury.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For a series about misfit intelligence operatives doggedly refusing to live up to even the lowest level of their potential, Apple TV’s Slow Horses is remarkably self-actualized.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Rightly considered a supercar in its day, Aston Martin’s DB5 is arguably the first vehicle to attain superstar status as well, thanks to playing the sidekick of covert operative James Bond in the 1964 film Goldfinger.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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