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Recent Examples of stringer
The man in his 50s was discovered inside his white Toyota sedan in a parking structure along Century Boulevard near LAX, according to footage broadcast by RMG News, a stringer news service.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
With Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, the Commanders (5-12) started Johnson, their 39-year-old third-stringer.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
And now San Francisco is likely down its two starting linebackers (one of which is already a second-stringer), on top of all the team’s other season-defining injuries.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Eagles clinched the NFC East two weeks ago with a 29-18 win over the Commanders — who, with Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, will start 39-year-old third-stringer Josh Johnson.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
With Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, the Commanders (5-12) started Johnson, their 39-year-old third-stringer.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
And now San Francisco is likely down its two starting linebackers (one of which is already a second-stringer), on top of all the team’s other season-defining injuries.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Eagles clinched the NFC East two weeks ago with a 29-18 win over the Commanders — who, with Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, will start 39-year-old third-stringer Josh Johnson.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stringer
Noun
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Perez and Cohen learned of their friends’ death from a Herald reporter.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Seventy-three seconds later, one of the soldiers came up from behind CNN photojournalist Cyril Theophilos and put him in a chokehold, bringing him to the ground and damaging his camera.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Also nearby is the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, another excellent space with a rolling programme where recent exhibitions have included overviews of 1960s Japan and legendary photojournalist Robert Capa.—
Stephen Kelly,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Letourneau honed that narrative approach during his decade-plus as a sportswriter.—
Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
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Mon Who is the most handsome sportswriter in Kansas City?—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Agendas for the meetings showed Brenda Smith was the district staffer responsible for the contracts.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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“Stringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringer. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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