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sportswriter

noun

Definition of sportswriter

as in journalist

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Recent Examples of sportswriter Legendary Chicago Tribune columnist Ring Lardner, who was the first sportswriter to be inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame, was on hand when the Sox swept the A’s to run their winning streak to nine games. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026 In 2018, the Score dropped Hanley, also a former Sun-Times sportswriter, replacing him with Haugh. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Longtime Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Dick Jerardi once likened the process to a basketball Ponzi scheme. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 In December a sportswriter published a column with an outright accusation of fixing the championship. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sportswriter

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Noun

The other has been hidden by banning media coverage, so the world has seen nothing but cell phone videos made by Palestinian journalists risking their lives to record them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
If The Social Network was about the people who laid Facebook’s foundation, Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up, The Social Reckoning, is about the whistleblower and the journalist who exposed the rot in its infrastructure.

— Marley Marius, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of journalist

Noun

Taylor Rooks provides features with the game’s brightest stars, and NFL reporter James Palmer delivers news from around the league.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Rios was not charged in connection with the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of a pilot, an NBC4 reporter and a bystander.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of reporter

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While covering the accident live from above, NBC’s NewsChopper4 went down between two commercial buildings nearby, killing one pedestrian, helicopter pilot George Marciniw, and aerial photojournalist Eliana Moreno.

— Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
The Fowlie Audience Award went to Bucks Harbor, directed by Pete Muller, a photojournalist making his feature debut with a story shot in the lobstering village in Downeast Maine.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of photojournalist

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Once, when his unit came under heavy fire, a soldier running for cover caught a glimpse of Salinger hunched under a table, clacking away like a frenzied newsman on deadline.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
Candidates like actress Mayim Bialik, newsman Anderson Cooper, and Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

Definition of newsman

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Several anti-Flock websites and muckrakers used open records laws to collect and publish hundreds of police agencies’ audit logs – internal records detailing each time an officer searched Flock for a specific tag.

— Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Carboy did find the Harding memo in the archives of the late Village Voice muckraker Wayne Barrett, but the city has never produced it.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

Definition of muckraker

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Per a court filing, a staffer at a law firm representing Beatty sought to enter the main building on Wednesday but was advised by security that it was closed to the public.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
But what a revelation trying former staffer Kendra Vaculin’s Gnocchi-Leek Soup With Greens still was.

— Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of staffer

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Don Riddell is an anchor and correspondent for CNN’s World Sport.

— Don Riddell, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
The plan set a target of increasing the share of bilateral trade conducted in national currencies from 68% in 2024 to 71% by 2026, while also seeking to expand correspondent accounts denominated in national currencies.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of correspondent

Noun

The Rams quickly took the lead for good on third-stringer Simpson's 11-yard TD pass to fourth-string receiver Brennan Presley for a 10-7 lead.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Jacob Rizy, a center from Staples, is taking on a larger role with the Patriots ahead of the season after second-stringer Ben Brown went down in the preseason opener.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

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