newswoman
Americannoun
Gender
See -woman.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of newswoman
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A bachelor for much of his life, Greenspan dated newswoman Barbara Walters in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Still, Greene praised Stahl, a veteran 81-year-old newswoman, in a Twitter post on Saturday.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
For instance, when the newswoman did her sign protest, Novaya Gazeta had to blur out her poster.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2022
She was inspired to work in television news, she said, by Mary Richards, the Minneapolis newswoman of the sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2020
“What is your name?” the newswoman asked, holding the mike close to his face.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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During a commercial break, a throng of TV newswomen she had paved the way for — including Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Robin Roberts and Connie Chung — posed with her for a group portrait.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
Brown was one of a cadre of top newswomen who commented for ABC during the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in 2011.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
Was your “Weekend Update” persona based on real newswomen?
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 17, 2019
He did it to a federal judge, he did it to newsmen and to newswomen.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2018
The group includes Pauley and other trailblazing newswomen such as Diane Sawyer, Lynn Sherr and the late Jessica Savitch.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2018
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