adjective
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Etymology
Origin of reportorial
1855–60, report(er) + -orial, by analogy with pairs such as tutor, tutorial
Example Sentences
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Theodore Dreiser, who started as an investigative journalist, carried the reportorial style into the novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
And I think that was not just the beginning of loving baseball, but it was the beginning of a kind of reportorial curiosity: I want to know.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
Villarosa won the $10,000 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize for a nonfiction work that exemplifies reportorial and literary excellence, and Cohen the $10,000 Mark Lynton History Prize for “intellectual distinction” and “felicity of expression.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
People are complicated, as Shipton rightly pleads at one point, but a more spirited, vigorous defense might have helped lift “Ithaka” from its solemnly reportorial mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Within the year I expect to be on the reportorial staff of the Star.”
From The Blue Grass Seminary Girls' Vacation Adventures Shirley Willing to the Rescue by Burnett, Carolyn Judson
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