spokespeople

plural noun

spokes·​peo·​ple ˈspōks-ˌpē-pəl How to pronounce spokespeople (audio)
: people serving as spokesmen or spokeswomen

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White House spokespeople did not immediately return requests for comment. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025 There are also hopes that the U.S. and China will strike a trade deal after government spokespeople said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and top trade official Jamieson Greer would meet with their Chinese counterparts this week in Switzerland. Pia Singh,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 7 May 2025 But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies within the Justice Department — the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — are still requiring body cameras, according to their spokespeople. Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 6 May 2025 Broadly, the wine industry spends less on ads versus their share of the total alcohol market and when producers do put dollars toward traditional advertising, those spots tend to feature older spokespeople walking slowly through a vineyard or wine cellars that evoke out-of-touch wealth. John Kell, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spokespeople

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spokespeople was in 1972

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“Spokespeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spokespeople. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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