spokesperson
Americannoun
Gender
See -person.
Etymology
Origin of spokesperson
First recorded in 1970–75; spokes(man) + -person
Vocabulary lists containing spokesperson
Media Literacy - Middle School
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Conventions, Writing, and Speaking & Listening, Unit 3
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Example Sentences
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“Our customers own and control their data, which is deleted after 30 days by default,” the spokesperson, MoMo Zhou, said in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"The individual claims to have entered the UK via the Common Travel Area," a spokesperson said.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“Alibaba is not a Chinese military company nor part of any military-civil fusion strategy. We will take all available legal action against attempts to misrepresent our company,” a company spokesperson said.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
A spokesperson says the center is “evaluating all legal options.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The notion that we must understand the past in its own terms, though, can place historians under a perverse pressure to find someone in the past who can act as spokesperson for their own views.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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