as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group
a spokesman for the cattle industry
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Israeli officials further compounded those fears Wednesday, with Avichay Adraee, Israel’s Arabic-language spokesman, accusing Hezbollah of moving beyond its traditional bastions of support in the southern suburbs of the capital and embedding itself in north Beirut and mixed neighborhoods.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Israel struck 100 targets across Lebanon in a span of just 10 minutes on Wednesday, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Nadav Shoshani had said.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Evan Leong, a spokesman for Clean Ocean Action, told the Press of Atlantic City that the ring was found in Ocean County's Seaside Park, near Second Avenue.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Good Samaritans were able to extinguish the small blaze before fire crews arrived, OFD spokesman Michael Hunt said.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Israel struck 100 targets across Lebanon in a span of just 10 minutes on Wednesday, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Nadav Shoshani had said.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Evan Leong, a spokesman for Clean Ocean Action, told the Press of Atlantic City that the ring was found in Ocean County's Seaside Park, near Second Avenue.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
Good Samaritans were able to extinguish the small blaze before fire crews arrived, OFD spokesman Michael Hunt said.
—Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spokesman
spokesperson
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The terms of Chan’s contract are complete, city spokesperson Jennifer Singer wrote in a statement, while noting the city does not comment on personnel matters related to former employees.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Steven Lyons, 45, described by law enforcement as a senior figure in an international crime syndicate, was flown from Indonesia to Amsterdam early Wednesday morning, said Husnan Handano, a spokesperson for the island of Bali’s immigration office.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Spokesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spokesman. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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