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Recent Examples of mistress of ceremonies
But bafflingly, just as cohost Alfonso Ribeiro was turning the mic over to his co-mistress of ceremonies, Julianne Hough, the onscreen board under the judges showed a seven and an eight.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
The programming will be managed by the mistress of ceremonies, actress and author Melissa Gilbert, and there will also be a special performance by Britain’s Got Talent golden buzzer finalist Jasmine Rice LaBeija.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
The programming will be managed by the mistress of ceremonies, actress and author Melissa Gilbert, and there will also be a special performance by Britain’s Got Talent golden buzzer finalist Jasmine Rice LaBeija.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistress of ceremonies
Noun
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When Hall proves too mute to debate, Kiritsis vents to a radio disc jockey named Fred (Colman Domingo), even though Fred is more interested in smooth tunes than hard news.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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As recalled in a 1987 Chicago Reader article, DuMont made his first appearance on radio in the summer of 1964 while studying at Columbia College Chicago as a fill-in weekend disc jockey at WEEF in Highland Park.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
Noun
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From offending an entire city so badly that local stations boycotted their music to dropping so many expletives on live radio that even shock jock Howard Stern clutched his pearls, Green Day has been nothing if not consistent in its nearly two decades as a band.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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During Glaser's interview with Stern, the shock jock praised her for mocking CBS News despite the Golden Globes airing on CBS.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The gunfire erupted during a birthday celebration hosted by Jermaine Tandy, also known as DJ Fresh, according to a post on his Facebook page.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The Orange County District Attorney's Office charged a 32-year-old children's party DJ from Los Alamitos, accused of raping an unconscious 17-year-old girl.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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