as in newscaster
one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program
the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story
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Recent Examples of anchorperson
But the hurdles used to prolong her rise grow tedious and predictable, as if some unseen producer was prodding the anchorperson to fill dead air.
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Brian Lowry, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
The sunny blonde GNN anchorperson would tell you about how someone was the recipient of a random act of kindness.
—Rita Wilson, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2010
Brian Lowry, CNN, 22 Oct. 2020
The sunny blonde GNN anchorperson would tell you about how someone was the recipient of a random act of kindness.
—Rita Wilson, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Feb. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anchorperson
Noun
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The Sacramento Bee 916-321-1755 Marcus D. Smith is The Sacramento Bee’s Elk Grove reporter.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Mar. 2025
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Each inmate put to death using nitrogen in Alabama has appeared to shake and gasp to varying degrees during their executions, according to media witnesses, including a reporter form The Associated Press.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Jayden Higgins catching passes from Jayden Daniels might get an announcer twisted.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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An announcer said afterward during the live television broadcast of the matchup that the incident briefly delayed the game.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC News,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That’s been the anchor of the whole collection, that sort of nineties period.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Ralph Renick, the news anchor of Miami’s first TV station, WTVJ, went on the air in the 1940s and signed off in the 1980s.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Anchorperson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anchorperson. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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