staffer

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Recent Examples of staffer The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General is probing contracts that were handled by former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the influence of former staffer Corey Lewandowski, according to sources. Luke Barr, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026 Agendas for the meetings showed Brenda Smith was the district staffer responsible for the contracts. Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026 Asia reunites with her estranged sibling and, with the help of embittered staffer Ray (Paterson Joseph), tries to make her way up through the fortresslike building to find an escape. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026 Hollywood has more union staffer organizing on its hands. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for staffer
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Noun
  • Perez and Cohen learned of their friends’ death from a Herald reporter.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The detailed biographies of every correspondent make, in themselves, a whole picture of the cultural and political life of the early twentieth century.
    Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • As promised by our intrepid TJ’s correspondent Alex Beggs, the crust was pleasantly puffy, and the onion flavor was just funky enough.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Letourneau honed that narrative approach during his decade-plus as a sportswriter.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Mon Who is the most handsome sportswriter in Kansas City?
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The soldiers detained the team, after one of the soldiers placed CNN photojournalist Cyril Theophilos in a chokehold, bringing him to ground and damaging his camera.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The targeting of the three journalists comes two days after the killing of the photojournalist/camera operated Hussain Hamood, and nine days following the killing of Al-Manar head of programming Mohammed Sherri, who was slain in an Israeli strike in central Beirut.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Simmons did not mention Clayton Dees, who is believed to be the fourth-stringer.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Both have been among the Celtics’ most important players this season, with Brown posting career-best numbers in Tatum’s absence and Queta, a fourth-stringer last season, emerging as a valuable starting center.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 2 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
  • Amy Madigan, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Sunday night, is the daughter of a newsman who helped shape CBS Chicago in the 1960s.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Longtime newsman Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time on March 6, 1981, from the CBS Evening News.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026

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“Staffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staffer. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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