Thesaurus results for STRINGER

stringer

noun

Definition of stringer

as in reporter

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Recent Examples of stringer Nice day for third-stringer Isaiah Iton, who has been disruptive. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 Then again, Dalton is an accomplished backup who hasn’t been a third-stringer. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 28 July 2026 In Indonesia, a stringer walks through a village, or at least what was once a village before the mud flowed down from a forest and swept the village along with it. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 The most noticeable change, though, was the removal of the central wooden stringer that ran down the board from nose to tail. — Brent Rose, Wired News, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stringer

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Noun

Maury Povich has lived many lives — radio news reporter, anchorman, talk show host, podcast entrepreneur, husband of Connie Chung.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
People hearing those stories—attorneys, reporters, healthcare workers or friends—may expect a clearer, linear narrative.

— Michele Patterson Ford, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

The deportees were clad in white, and many covered their faces out of safety as journalists filmed their arrival.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Critics of the proposal pointed to the fact that Mexico is already one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists; nine were killed last year.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of journalist

Noun

Kingsolver, Everett and Kraus, all Pulitzer-winning novelists, will be making appearances, along with composer Gabriela Frank and photojournalist Jon Cherry among others.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Yohanna and his wife, photojournalist Danielle Villasana, are now living in Texas with their family.

— Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of photojournalist

Noun

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, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026

Definition of sportswriter

Noun

The new map drafted by a DeSantis staffer set up districts to elect more Republicans and fewer Democrats.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
The former staffer for Swalwell told the San Francisco Chronicle that Swalwell began sending her nude pictures on Snapchat and messages after she was hired by his office in 2019.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of staffer

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In 2024, $9 billion of Iranian shadow banking activity occurred through US correspondent accounts, the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said, based on reporting from American financial institutions.

— Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Before the first Test Brook gave an interview to the BBC’s new cricket correspondent Stephan Shemilt and sounded far more mature and sensible.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of correspondent

Noun

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

Noun

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
Eric Bogosian’s leather jacket-wearing muckraker is still asking questions in season three of Interview With the Vampire, and the AMC series has been renamed in honor of Molloy’s latest subject.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026

Definition of muckraker

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