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pressman

noun

ˈpres-mən

Definition of pressman

British

as in reporter

a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news the only pressman who was invited to Downing Street for an interview with the Prime Minister

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Recent Examples of pressman As print media companies introduced new technology into the workplace at that time, other craft workers, such as stereotypers, bookbinders, and pressmen organized, initially joining ITU. — Errol Salamon, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026 That allowed Boise residents to crowd into the cabin as the two pressmen set type for the first edition of the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman. — Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025 But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13. — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News. — Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025

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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

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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

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There was Sylvester Stallone, DJ Khaled, and Ashley Graham as well as VF special correspondent Derek Blasberg and OpenAI’s vice president of partnerships Charles Porch.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
As a determined floor correspondent at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he was knocked down on camera by security guards while trying to interview a Georgia delegate whom the guards were removing from the convention floor.

— Walter Podrazik, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

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