Thesaurus results for STRINGER

stringer

noun

Definition of stringer

as in reporter

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Recent Examples of stringer Jacob Rizy, a center from Staples, is taking on a larger role with the Patriots ahead of the season after second-stringer Ben Brown went down in the preseason opener. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 The starting quarterback for the Dolphins was third-stringer Cam Miller, with Willis and Ewers out. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 The fourth-round linebacker out of Oklahoma missed OTAs and minicamp with a calf injury, but has slotted in as a second stringer — while occasionally joining the first-team defense. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Nice day for third-stringer Isaiah Iton, who has been disruptive. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stringer

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Noun

The Athletic, which eliminated its Sox beat writer position a few years ago, had three reporters at Game 3.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Local sports reporter Eric Bailey shared a video from the concert.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

Both candidates wove personal attacks and affordability points into questions that a panel of journalists from across the state asked on a variety of topics.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Breaking through this boredom — especially when hosting influencers and journalists who have so often been there and done that — is perhaps easier said than done.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of journalist

Noun

This year’s honorees included American photojournalist Lynsey Addario, Malawian girls’ rights advocate Vanessa Mwangala and Kyrgyz journalists Bolot Temirov and Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026
But the show more than makes do with the photography that comes to the fore in a long gallery featuring WPA work by Berenice Abbott and the photojournalist Weegee, as well as the younger street photographer Harvey Wang.

— J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of photojournalist

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Peter O’Malley, the Dodgers’ president at the time, made the sudden and strange choice to replace Campanis with Claire, the team’s public relations boss who had spent the first 11 years of his career as a sportswriter.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Rivera said reading Against All Hope, Cuban political prisoner Armando Valladares’ memoir, while attending FIU persuaded him to abandon plans to become a sportswriter and devote his life to political and human-rights causes.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of sportswriter

Noun

Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White also star in the thriller about a Facebook staffer (Madison) working with a journalist (White) to expose concerning truths about the company.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
The staffer spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of staffer

Noun

Our correspondents live around the world and bring a global perspective to their work.

— Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
As part of our 2026 Guide to the Arts in PRIME Magazine, correspondent Greg Carannante offers his Critic’s Picks for the best pop music acts coming up in South Florida.

— Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 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

And Britain itself, after the financial and cultural boom of the ’90s, has in the post-recession era settled into its new role as butler to the world, to borrow a phrase from writer and money-laundering muckraker Oliver Bullough.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Several anti-Flock websites and muckrakers used open records laws to collect and publish hundreds of police agencies’ audit logs – internal records detailing each time an officer searched Flock for a specific tag.

— Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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