as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
the only pressman who was invited to Downing Street for an interview with the Prime Minister
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Recent Examples of pressman
As print media companies introduced new technology into the workplace at that time, other craft workers, such as stereotypers, bookbinders, and pressmen organized, initially joining ITU.
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Errol Salamon,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 Mar. 2026
That allowed Boise residents to crowd into the cabin as the two pressmen set type for the first edition of the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman.
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Idaho Statesman,
16 Dec. 2025
In the paper’s previous building, the newsroom was on the third floor, just above where the pressmen boiled lead in barrels.
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Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
29 Nov. 2025
But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13.
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Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Alden Hackman was born Jan. 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
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Hillel Italie,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
Errol Salamon,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 Mar. 2026
That allowed Boise residents to crowd into the cabin as the two pressmen set type for the first edition of the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman.
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Idaho Statesman,
16 Dec. 2025
In the paper’s previous building, the newsroom was on the third floor, just above where the pressmen boiled lead in barrels.
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Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
29 Nov. 2025
But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13.
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Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
Alden Hackman was born Jan. 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News.
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Hillel Italie,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressman
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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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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
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Doyle Rice is a national correspondent for USA TODAY, with a focus on weather and climate.
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Thomas, a former Associated Press Hollywood correspondent who died in 2014, was the primary writer of this obituary.
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“Pressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressman. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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