anchors
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“Everyone at the station had the same face — a shocked face, almost hollow,” said Williams, who currently anchors KNBC’s 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
MS NOW Membership is also giving subscribers a chance to join live discussions with the network’s anchors and reporters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
All told, the U.S. aluminum sector anchors roughly 700,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs, with over $228 billion in economic output.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
TV anchors always lead into the story of a celebrity who’s died, “The nation mourns today.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
They are the anchors that keep me from knackering my fourteen-billion-year-old atoms back out into the universe where they came from, where they belong.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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