noun
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a person who reports, esp one employed to gather news for a newspaper, news agency, or broadcasting organization
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a person, esp a barrister, authorized to write official accounts of judicial proceedings
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a person authorized to report the proceedings of a legislature
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social welfare an official who arranges and conducts children's panel hearings and who may investigate cases and decide on the action to be taken
Etymology
Origin of reporter
1350–1400; Middle English reportour < Anglo-French ( Old French reporteur ). See report, -er 1
Example Sentences
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The traffic curbs were meant to ensure the country is "able to get through the oil difficulties facing the world by using it systematically", he added in an audio message to reporters.
From Barron's
An Adidas franchise store in Israel was destroyed in an attack, but it was closed at the time and no staff were affected, a group executive told reporters on an earnings call.
From Barron's
"If there is a problem, officers respond immediately and patrol the area mentioned by the reporter," Demissie says.
From BBC
The US secretary of state told reporters on Monday that the US "would not deliberately target a school" but that the department of defence was investigating "if that was our strike".
From BBC
She also reported on U.S. regulatory power and the Department of Justice for Bloomberg's legal team in New York and covered Indian politics as a data reporter at the Hindustan Times in New Delhi.
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