How to Use anchorwoman in a Sentence

anchorwoman

noun
  • Katie Couric has been a household name for decades as a famed anchorwoman.
    Emily St. Martin, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The anchorwoman received a thank-you letter from the couple for sending them a wedding gift.
    Lindsey V Thompson, Teen Vogue, 27 July 2018
  • Mary Bubala, a now former WJZ anchorwoman, lost her job this week following public outrage over her on-air question that many said was racist and sexist.
    Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 11 June 2019
  • The lawsuit claims that while the anchorwomen were marginalized, the station groomed younger women and men whom the plaintiffs say had with similar—albeit younger—appearances and ethnic backgrounds.
    Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 19 June 2019
  • Watch #PermitPatty sob her way through the interview below, and pay extra-close attention to the shady way in which the anchorwoman relays her story.
    Monique Judge, The Root, 25 June 2018
  • The Charter spokeswoman denied that NY1 had groomed younger, similar-looking talent to replace the five anchorwomen.
    Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 19 June 2019
  • Fictionalized anchorwomen come in a couple of models — let’s call them the Murphy Brown and the Corky Sherwood — who represent the dual expectations for women in the role.
    Amanda Hess, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2019
  • An anchorwoman on Italian state television became too emotional to continue broadcasting reactions to his death and had to be replaced.
    New York Times, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Mary Jo West, Phoenix’s first prime-time anchorwoman, will share her experience of pursuing her passion of musical theater while maintaining her career as a journalist.
    Monica Urriola, azcentral, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Actors, animators, anchorwomen and technicians are among the many people featured in this delightful volume.
    John J. Kelly, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Even after an initial American denial, an anchorwoman on Iranian state TV still repeated the announcement.
    Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 2 May 2021
  • But hours later, a prominent anchorwoman on state television, Khadija Amin, tearfully told a Clubhouse chat room that the Taliban had suspended her, and other women employees, indefinitely.
    New York Times, 17 Aug. 2021

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