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 said, “True, if you figure a tenth by numbers, but I was thinking of figuring a tenth by age. Let me hold on to both of those stringers for a minute.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
