staffer

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Recent Examples of staffer The staffer's bet was verified by prediction market data reviewed by NPR. Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 May 2026 One Power 4 personnel staffer sees some flaws. Manny Navarro, New York Times, 7 May 2026 Jason Poreda, a staffer in the governor’s office, told lawmakers this week that breaking up the Broward and Palm Beach district first created by a federal court in 1992 to ensure Black voters’ representation in Congress was his top priority. Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026 After a frustrating conversation with a hotel staffer about the air conditioning, a hot and bothered Fuller threw on a ball cap, turned it backward and recorded a rant on his cellphone. Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for staffer
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Noun
  • Donna Vickroy is an award-winning reporter, editor and columnist who worked for the Daily Southtown for 38 years.
    Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Kenny Jacoby is an investigative reporter for USA TODAY who uncovers issues in sports, higher education and law enforcement.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The hundred or so journalists parked not far from the Port of Granadilla have watched a steady and carefully coordinated ballet as the boat transports five passengers at a time to the port that has finally agreed to take them in.
    Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
  • American journalists were also imprisoned, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Prosecutors have accused Allen, 31, of sprinting through a security checkpoint one floor above the correspondents' dinner while armed with a handgun, a shotgun and several knives.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Dinah Voyles Pulver, a national correspondent for USA TODAY, writes about violent weather, climate change and other news.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.
    Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
  • The New England Patriots quarterback shared his support for Mike Vrabel amid the coach’s photo scandal involving sportswriter Dianna Russini.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to process.
    Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • Tentatively, perhaps dorkily, photojournalist Mindy Schauer and I strolled into the first vape shop with a question.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • It’s also made Boston’s defense more susceptible, as Vucevic and third-stringer Luka Garza both are downgrades at that end.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Simmons did not mention Clayton Dees, who is believed to be the fourth-stringer.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One spring day, Tan’s critical gaze landed on the work of freelance journalist Gil Duran, a tech-industry muckraker with a background in Democratic politics who was starting to take very seriously the right-wing political ambitions of San Francisco tech moguls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fifty years ago audiences were riveted by that thriller that focused on two relentless newsmen, played by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who were digging into the seedy mysteries of the Watergate scandal.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 7 May 2026
  • Persons thus satirized included presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon, as well as newsmen Dan Rather and Ted Koppel.
    Carmel Dagan, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026

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“Staffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staffer. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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