Definition of intelligencernext
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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
  • Addressing reporters for the first time since The Associated Press projected a November runoff between her and Mayor Karen Bass, Raman said residents are losing faith in the city’s ability to solve even basic problems and are demanding a different approach.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • Both of the accused will appeal the sentence within a month, a lawyer for one of the men, Choochat Kanpai, told reporters.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • In 1977, two women living in the United States Embassy in Moscow become unlikely spies.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • The Senate tried to approve its own versions later Thursday but also failed, dimming the chances to prevent what could be rare lapse of spy powers.
    Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Bari Weiss has tapped Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips as senior global affairs correspondent for CBS News, Weiss and CBS News president Tom Cibrowski announced Friday.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 June 2026
  • Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA TODAY.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • The third-year wide receiver and the Panthers agreed to a three-year, $34 million contract extension Thursday, according to Coker’s agent, Matt Glose.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
  • If an agent doesn't need persistent access, don't give it any.
    Art Gilliland, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • The 24-year-old warehouse operative recently shared the eyebrow disaster online, though the incident itself happened last year.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • Universal also produced a Bourne series called Treadstone, which ran for a single season on the USA Network and starred Jeremy Irvine as the CIA operative John Randolph Bentley.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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