as in newscaster
one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program
the legendary BBC newsreader now has her own current affairs program
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Recent Examples of newsreader
These mad scientists then trained a small flock of sheep to recognize four celebrities—Emma Watson, Barack Obama, Jake Gyllenhaal, and the BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce—from their pictures on the internet.
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Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Apple News, the popular newsreader app that comes installed on every iPhone, is the latest media property to be warned by a regulator appointed by President Donald Trump over charges of liberal bias.
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Will Oremus,
Washington Post,
12 Feb. 2026
In 2005, Roberts was promoted from newsreader to co-anchor of Good Morning America.
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Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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.
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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.
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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.
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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Meanwhile, the anchors of the unwatched NBC and ABC nightly newscasts have been replaced by even less likable newsreaders.
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Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
28 June 2025
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Apple News, the popular newsreader app that comes installed on every iPhone, is the latest media property to be warned by a regulator appointed by President Donald Trump over charges of liberal bias.
—
Will Oremus,
Washington Post,
12 Feb. 2026
In 2005, Roberts was promoted from newsreader to co-anchor of Good Morning America.
—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for newsreader
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Murder at The Hawaii Theatre alongside KHON-TV Hawaii newscaster Joe Moore.
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The most immediately notable moment in the trailer was Emily Blunt’s newscaster breaking out in alien-speak during the weather report, but what happens right after that is truly astounding.
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Through Yuyuan Tantian – a semi-official social media account run by China’s national broadcaster that Beijing often uses to leak out information to gauge international reaction – China said that its MSA vessels had mapped the seabed east of Taiwan for the first time.
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In many ways the ADN project and Passion’s slate at large mark a sign of and reaction to the times as anime still soars, Korean webtoons command as many views as big Netflix’s TV hits, and yet global streaming service orders and broadcaster buys in tradition animation have plunged.
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Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and writes the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.
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The Riverside County sheriff drew flak for conservatives like Laura Loomer for kneeling alongside activists in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and, when pressed by a CNN reporter, for signaling openness to a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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Bey hopes spectators this year take time not only to watch the action in the arena but also to listen to the announcers throughout the performances.
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Austrian play-by-play announcer Robert Seeger told viewers to turn off their televisions.
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Katie Couric has had a prolific career in journalism—including becoming the first solo female anchor of an evening news program—but her career had rough beginnings that included sexism and harassment.
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Verhoeff was an anchor in the top four for North Dakota and was key on its power play with his booming shot.
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“Newsreader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsreader. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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