newswoman
Americannoun
Gender
See -woman.
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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
The picture’s youth movement is particularly emphasized by the filmmakers’ decision to make the turtles’ longtime human friend April O’Neil, in all previous incarnations an adult white newswoman, a Black teen voiced by Ayo Edebiri.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 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
A TV cameraman and a newswoman jumped out of a van, looked over the kids, and walked up to Jose.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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
With her fellow newswomen Nina Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer, she began to change the journalistic landscape.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2019
Was your “Weekend Update” persona based on real newswomen?
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 17, 2019
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
Katy Tur was greeted like a new member of a sorority of top TV newswomen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2017
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