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as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
the student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer
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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligencer
Noun
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Perez and Cohen learned of their friends’ death from a Herald reporter.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026 -
Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The film, which debuted on Netflix April 1, deploys a deliberately eccentric tone, mixing slapstick, satire and spy-thriller tropes with Das’ irreverent comedic sensibility.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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When spy satellites first captured images of the Zitong network in 1971, US intelligence deemed the sites a gamechanger.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Natalia Augias, the London correspondent for Italian network Tg1, said the same during an interview with Vanity Fair Italy last fall.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
27 Mar. 2026
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Kaila Yu is a writer and on-camera correspondent based in Los Angeles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Wise served as an FBI agent and a supervisory agent from 2004 to 2017.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The task force, consisting of county detectives and FBI agents, is separate from the initial homicide squad assigned to the case.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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The man who crashed an explosive-laden truck into a Michigan synagogue where scores of children were at daycare acted as an operative of Hezbollah, the foreign terrorist organization based in Lebanon, federal officials said March 30.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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An operative would normally plan to walk alone to a hotel room to avoid being seen with an asset.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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