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Recent Examples of newsreader Director-general Tim Davie has previously said the BBC is reluctant to censor output, though the corporation did remove Huw Edwards content from iPlayer — including a Doctor Who episode that was re-edited — after the newsreader pleaded guilty to accessing child abuse images. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025 In Paul Greengrass’s film News of the World, for instance, Tom Hanks plays a traveling newsreader whose attempt to return a girl to her family doubles as a tour of a country whose divisions look like clear roots to some of our current national troubles. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025 In September, the former newsreader was handed a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025 Meanwhile, the anchors of the unwatched NBC and ABC nightly newscasts have been replaced by even less likable newsreaders. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 June 2025 Dad, a newsreader for the BBC, grew up in Caterham, a town near the M25 motorway that encircles London and prime Palace-supporting territory. Rebecca Lowe, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsreader
Noun
  • In 2004, Turner became news director, reporter, and newscaster with the Minnesota News Network.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Smith read for a few different roles — Joey's sister's boyfriend, Bodie, as well as Dawson's film teacher, Tamara Jacobs' boyfriend and newscaster Bob.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The latest is that German public broadcaster ZDF has come on board as a coproduction partner and will air the show on home turf and German-speaking territories.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The extraordinary vote in November was to decide whether Kan, the Israeli public broadcaster and member of the EBU, could participate in the Eurovision 2026.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rafael is a crime and breaking news reporter at the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Tim Stelloh Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
    Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Oshie will call games as an analyst alongside play-by-play announcers Brendan Burke and Chris Vosters.
    Brad Elliott Schlossman, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Poladi knew collectors loved not only the former player and announcer, but his cards, too, because Uecker rarely signed.
    Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After divorcing their previous partners and publicizing their relationship, the ex-GMA3 co-anchors hit many relationship milestones, including moving in together.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The former co-anchors made the decision to marry about a month ago.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Newsreader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsreader. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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