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
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.
—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Meanwhile, the anchors of the unwatched NBC and ABC nightly newscasts have been replaced by even less likable newsreaders.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
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Meanwhile, the anchors of the unwatched NBC and ABC nightly newscasts have been replaced by even less likable newsreaders.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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The first studies on parasocial relationships, in the Eighties, were about soap opera stars and newscasters, since that was who people used to feel familiar with on a daily basis.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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Most entertaining newscasters in the biz.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Feb. 2026
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Charles Allen, the respected former chief executive of broadcaster ITV, resigned last week as chairman of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), the sport’s governing body, which licences participants, oversees disciplinary procedures and enforces the rules.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Over the last two years, prominent documentary festivals have hosted several conversations around the industry’s overreliance on streamers and the importance of nurturing the public broadcaster ecosystem that has allowed European documentaries to flourish.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2026
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Pretti’s parents learned of their son’s death when an Associated Press reporter called them.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Philippe Allain, a regional police commander, told reporters that investigators have received information the man had psychological problems.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Here's what estimates show Khamenei's message, read aloud by an announcer on state TV, came as oil prices again topped $100 a barrel and two tankers burned in Iraqi waters after an overnight attack.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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There is an ongoing argument/debate/thought experiment/wrasslin' match going on in the press box among the University of Arkansas' radio announcers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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His legs felt like anchors dragging across the court.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Asian Film Awards, an anchor event of Hong Kong’s Entertainment Expo, which usually takes place on the eve of Filmart, has canceled the main awards ceremony, citing the need to be low-key following last year’s Tai Po fire tragedy.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Newsreader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/newsreader. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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