stringer
noun
a person or thing that strings.
stringers
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pluralof stringer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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RFA laid off its stringers in Myanmar a day before a devastating March earthquake.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
The Associated Press also has local Palestinian stringers, and my review of its hundreds of stories on the war this year revealed a total of two deeply reported pieces on Hamas—neither datelined from Gaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The division has 22 full-time employees and approximately 60 contract workers and stringers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
St. John Bosco has so many defensive backs that the second stringers could start for any team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
The Preacher pulled the biggest two bass and the biggest perch off the stringers and said, “This perch is ten years old, and these bass are one year old each. How many years is that?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
