noun
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a person who reports, esp one employed to gather news for a newspaper, news agency, or broadcasting organization
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a person, esp a barrister, authorized to write official accounts of judicial proceedings
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a person authorized to report the proceedings of a legislature
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social welfare an official who arranges and conducts children's panel hearings and who may investigate cases and decide on the action to be taken
Etymology
Origin of reporter
1350–1400; Middle English reportour < Anglo-French ( Old French reporteur ). See report, -er 1
Example Sentences
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He told reporters on Air Force One that oil companies were contacted both before and after the incursion.
From MarketWatch
“Scrutinizing wrongdoers, reporters uncover competitors poised to benefit from doing business right, especially when frauds get caught.”
Grace will be familiar to eagle-eyed PTA fans; in “Magnolia,” she played Gwenovier, the reporter who calmly destroyed Tom Cruise’s character.
From Los Angeles Times
The entrepreneur told reporters after the auction that he was "surprised at the price", AFP reported.
From BBC
"I was surprised at the price...I hope that by eating auspicious tuna, as many people as possible will feel energised," he told reporters.
From Barron's
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