staffer

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Recent Examples of staffer An internal government watchdog and members of Congress are separately investigating new allegations of Social Security data misuse by a Department of Government Efficiency staffer. Brittney Melton, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026 This staffer has been turned on to Teo Wise, a whimsical Italian singer-songwriter. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Mar. 2026 Moore is the defendant in a criminal case after he was arrested shortly after being fired due to an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026 The congressman, a father of six, has been publicly accused by the husband of his late ex-staffer, Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, of engaging in the affair. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for staffer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staffer
Noun
  • Pretti’s parents learned of their son’s death when an Associated Press reporter called them.
    Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Philippe Allain, a regional police commander, told reporters that investigators have received information the man had psychological problems.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Associated Press journalist John Leicester contributed from Paris.
    Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Thursday's remarks by Iran's new supreme leader were absolutely newsworthy and legitimate for CNN to air them, said Jane Ferguson, a veteran international correspondent and founder of the journalism platform Noosphere.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The comment mirrors concerns at CBS News, where controversial editorial decisions under Paramount have led to journalist departures, including Justice Department correspondent Scott MacFarlane.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That take seems unduly alarmist said David Goldblatt, a British sportswriter and sociologist who is a visiting professor at Pitzer College in Claremont.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • 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, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Based on Carl Hiaasen’s 1987 crime novel, Double Whammy, the new ABC procedural stars Scott Speedman as the title character, a photojournalist turned private investigator solving weird and twisty cases in Fort Lauderdale.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Surveillance of Immigrants Olga Fedorova is a freelance photojournalist who was working in Minneapolis during the height of the immigration crackdown earlier this year.
    Meg Anderson, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Photograph by stringer / Reuters This war on Iran need not have happened—at least not now.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • Attempts by newsmen to get word from the Complex 34 blockhouse proved fruitless as pad personnel declined to supply information or page public information officials.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Staffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staffer. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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