Thesaurus results for NEWSCASTERS

newscasters

noun

plural of newscaster

as in broadcasters

one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program newscasters were scrambling to put together an updated report after the unexpected turn of events

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Recent Examples of newscasters Members of the media were given a walkthrough of Nightmares early Thursday morning, leading to plenty of shrieks from area newscasters. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Hartman, a human resource specialist, watched in disbelief as newscasters ran footage of the destruction in New York and nearby Arlington, Virginia. — Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 As newscasters and viewers struggled to make sense of what many assumed was an appalling accident, United Flight 175 hit the south tower. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 There’s something powerful—and, yes, stripped down—about seeing these politicians and newscasters without being able to hear their language. — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026 The group ventriloquized the voices of authority—parents, school principals, cops, military officers, judges, politicians, newscasters, Soviet apparatchiks—and turned them into expressions of mass insanity. — Andrew Katzenstein, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 World-famous newscasters didn't know who Jeffrey Epstein was. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026 The first studies on parasocial relationships, in the Eighties, were about soap opera stars and newscasters, since that was who people used to feel familiar with on a daily basis. — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026 Most entertaining newscasters in the biz. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026

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After holding steady last year while commercial broadcasters such as Canal+ and TF1 scaled back, the public broadcaster will reduce its investment in film by €5 million in 2026.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Once broadcasters enter the Pete Maher broadcast booth — named after the longtime, legendary Flames broadcaster — they’re treated to some of the best sight lines in the league for broadcasters.

— Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026

Definition of broadcasters

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The president was asked by reporters at the White House whether he had been briefed about any links between the pilot behind the attack and Tehran.

— DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
In interviews with over two dozen residents of the Texas borderland, NYT reporters gave voice to personal accounts of the frustrations that many Latinos are feeling in the country.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of reporters

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With two of Fox’s NFL announcers working MLB playoff series (thus moving Chris Myers up to a different team), the network will use Charlotte Hornets TV voice Eric Collins with Mark Schlereth on Sunday’s Dolphins-Bengals game.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Many top announcers’ contracts are expected to lapse after the end of this season, including not only Aikman’s, but Greg Olsen at Fox, and Al Michaels at Amazon.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of announcers

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Rising in hexagonal or octagonal forms amidst low-rise dwellings, these pagodas stand as emotional anchors of hometown memory.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Along with the Vancouver Art Gallery (a former court house) and the nearby Hotel Georgia, the Hotel Vancouver is one of the three anchors that determined how downtown Vancouver was built, and how the neighborhood behaves today.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of anchors

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Also pushed out were correspondents Scott Pelley, Cecilia Vega and Sharyn Alfonsi.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Heinrich is among the correspondents at Fox News — which this week will mark 30 years on the air — whose reporting doesn’t adhere to the leanings of its opinion hosts and commentators.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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