stringer

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Recent Examples of stringer Allen, who was the 49ers’ third-stringer in 2023 behind Brock Purdy and Darnold, has spent time with six teams in his 10-season career and knows not all offensive staffs are created equally. Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for stringer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stringer
Noun
  • Despite undergoing surgery last week to address a broken pinky finger, New York center Mitchell Robinson will play in Game 1 tonight, the team told reporters.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026
  • Those three names will be linked for a long time in NFL circles based on what happened going back as far as September of 2025, and then definitely through this offseason that was about, well, the relationship between the coach and the reporter.
    Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Award-winning journalist Melanie Haiken covers travel, food, science, health, and the environment from her home in the San Francisco Bay Area.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • One law enforcement official was charged with stealing $10,000 worth of camera equipment from an Associated Press photojournalist who had been injured while covering the standoff.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 June 2026
  • Akash Pamarthy is a photojournalist based in Seattle.
    Akash Pamarthy, NPR, 6 June 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, 4 June 2026
  • The regulars’ hearts are heavy this year following the deaths of longtime volunteers Arnold, the former sportswriter, and Greg Hazelhurst.
    James Burky, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • One current staffer, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters, told me that the institution also explored hosting a restaged White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
    Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • For the first time, that includes In Living Color vet Kim Wayans, going large as irascible hospital staffer Nurse Ratchett.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Vega joined the newsmagazine in 2023, becoming the program’s first Latina correspondent.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • In the early 1980s, Morrison was a co-host and political correspondent for the CBC Network’s The Journal, a nightly news and current affairs program.
    Dateline NBC, NBC news, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Dokoupil isn’t the only CBS newsman to comment on this unprecedented time at the network.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 June 2026
  • David Ross, considered There’s David Ross, who, after a decade as a newsman became a public defender.
    The Editorial Board, Daily News, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • Famous American muckrakers include Ida Tarbell who wrote about Standard Oil’s monopoly; Lincoln Steffens who wrote about corruption in city halls; and Upton Sinclair who exposed deplorable conditions in the meatpacking industry.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026
  • 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 9 Jun. 2026.

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