reporter

noun

ri-ˈpȯr-tər How to pronounce reporter (audio)
Definition of reporternext
as in journalist
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news the reporter was careful to ask as many questions as possible without annoying anyone

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Recent Examples of reporter But between two women of color, in this case the reporter and subject–both daughters of immigrants–articulation was unnecessary. — Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Jerry Birchfield is a freelance reporter for the Daily Herald. — Jerry Birchfield, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026 White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, following ABC News' report, that Perez had been put on unpaid administrative leave. — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 Head coach Mike Vrabel at least left the door open that either player could be activated by that deadline while speaking to reporters on Thursday after the Patriots’ 37-13 preseason loss to the Browns. — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reporter
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  1. journalist
  2. correspondent
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  • Responding to journalists' questions, Macron urged the United States not to hoard cutting-edge AI technologies for itself and stressed that countries must engage in global cooperation on AI regulation.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • One of them was this Torcal prototype, which was being used to shuttle journalists (your author included) around to give them a taste of the company’s first electric SUV.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of journalist
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  • Nigeria left the Financial Action Task Force grey list in October 2025, which has helped its standing with correspondent banks, though neither that nor the FTSE decision commits a single foreign allocator to buying anything.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Special correspondent Cecilia Sánchez Vidal in Mexico City contributed.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of correspondent

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“Reporter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reporter. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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