Thesaurus results for STAFFER

staffer

noun

Definition of staffer

as in reporter

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Recent Examples of staffer Lancy says a kind staffer got to work on her case, kept her updated and eventually resolved her issues. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 The former Collins staffer posted a swastika and shared an image of himself in what appear to be KKK robes. — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026 The ethics report also detailed how the women were made uncomfortable by Edwards’ actions toward them and how a senior staffer tried to intervene, but Edwards became angry. — Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for staffer

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Noun

The referendum campaign has fueled debate about Iceland’s place in the world, Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir told reporters after casting her ballot in the capital on Saturday.

— Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Canales told reporters postgame that Evans’ absence was related to a neck injury.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of reporter

Noun

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

Noun

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

Noun

Legendary Chicago Tribune columnist Ring Lardner, who was the first sportswriter to be inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame, was on hand when the Sox swept the A’s to run their winning streak to nine games.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
In 2018, the Score dropped Hanley, also a former Sun-Times sportswriter, replacing him with Haugh.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of sportswriter

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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

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
Patriots third-stringer Behren Morton responded by leading a 73-yard drive, capped by a 37-yard TD pass to Nick DeGennaro.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of stringer

Noun

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
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

Definition of muckraker

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

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