corespondent
noun
co·re·spon·dent
ˌkō-ri-ˈspän-dənt 
: a person named as guilty of adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit
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In a world where CBS News and CNN share corespondents and news resources, having two streaming news services may not make sense.
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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corespondent
noun
co·re·spon·dent
ˌkō-ri-ˈspän-dənt
1
: a joint respondent
2
: a person named as guilty of adultery with the defendant in a divorce suit
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