reportorial

American  

[rep-er-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, ree-pawr-, -pohr-, -per-] / ˌrɛp ərˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌri pɔr-, -poʊr-, -pər- /

adjective

1. of or relating to a reporter.

2. of, noting, or characteristic of a report.

   His lecture was more reportorial than analytical.

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reportorial British  

/ ˌrɛpɔːˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a newspaper reporter

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Other Word Forms

• unreportorial
  adjective
• reportorially
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of reportorial

1855–60, report(er) + -orial, by analogy with pairs such as tutor, tutorial

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Example Sentences

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reportorial

All of these are formally associated with the federal government, but all are the beneficiaries of congressionally enacted guarantees of substantial reportorial and editorial independence.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

But her reportorial affect is cool, her curiosity is genuine and she takes no cheap shots even as she depicts ugly things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Garbus’ four-part docuseries exposes the family’s noxious dynamics to the klieg lights of public judgment, offering reportorial context to their expansive influence.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

Epiphanies are sandwiched between near-irrelevancies and reportorial dead ends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025

Curious ideas regarding insanity are common, and are apparently fostered by the reportorial writers of the daily papers.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow

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