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Paxman

British

/ ˈpæksmən /

noun

Jeremy ( Dickson ). born 1950, British journalist, broadcaster, and author, noted esp for his political interviews

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“Baby girl arrived weighing 3 lbs 9.6 oz and measuring 16.5 inches long,” the infant’s aunt Lacey Paxman wrote in a GoFundMe appeal for the family.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

“Since this is their first child and the pregnancy was completely unexpected, my brother and his wife don’t have anything prepared — no baby supplies, no nursery, nothing at all,” Paxman wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

Broadcasters Jeremy Paxman, Rory Cellan-Jones and Mark Mardell have also been diagnosed with the illness.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Paxman appraised Brand as a “trivial man” whose calls for revolution and apathy about voting gave him away.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2023

The UK broadcast journalist Jeremy Paxman claims the relationship between a politician and a journalist is like that between "a dog and a lamp post".

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

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