as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
the only pressman who was invited to Downing Street for an interview with the Prime Minister
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Recent Examples of pressman
Jimmy Hughes was the pressman for several years and became production manager until retirement.
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arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Many were wearing old-school pressman’s hats made out of newspapers and custom T-shirts featuring the grim reaper marking the end of the printing plant itself.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
My father had been a Globe pressman since 1957.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
His father was a pressman at a printing company, and money was tight.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
Gary’s father was a Journal pressman and his grandfather arranged lead type in the Journal composing room.
—George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022
So once again, The Envelope tips its pressman’s cap to these few great actors who’ve made a sizable impression in their brief time onscreen.
—Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
His father had various jobs, including waiter, dockworker and pressman for The New York Times; his mother worked as a cashier and stocker at an A. & P. supermarket.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
The exhibit details her struggles with the 1975 pressman’s strike and landmark employment discrimination lawsuits brought by female and Black employees.
—Washington Post, 4 May 2021
arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Many were wearing old-school pressman’s hats made out of newspapers and custom T-shirts featuring the grim reaper marking the end of the printing plant itself.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
My father had been a Globe pressman since 1957.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
His father was a pressman at a printing company, and money was tight.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
Gary’s father was a Journal pressman and his grandfather arranged lead type in the Journal composing room.
—George Stanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022
So once again, The Envelope tips its pressman’s cap to these few great actors who’ve made a sizable impression in their brief time onscreen.
—Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
His father had various jobs, including waiter, dockworker and pressman for The New York Times; his mother worked as a cashier and stocker at an A. & P. supermarket.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
The exhibit details her struggles with the 1975 pressman’s strike and landmark employment discrimination lawsuits brought by female and Black employees.
—Washington Post, 4 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pressman
Noun
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Linda Girardi is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.—
Linda Girardi,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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The Kansas City Star Natalie Wallington was a reporter on The Star’s service journalism team with a focus on policy, labor, sustainability and local utilities from fall 2021 until early 2025.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Anisha Sircar is a journalist with experience working at Reuters, Bloomberg, Quartz and Scroll.in.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The former Fox News journalist Geraldo Rivera, who was friendly with Trump for decades in New York, predicted in December that Trump and his allies would soon turn their attention to the 22nd Amendment.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2025
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Maggie has also worked as the show’s social media correspondent since 2021.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Throughout his time as CNN's chief White House correspondent, Acosta became Trump's biggest on-air critic, often making headlines for getting into confrontations with the president.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Pressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressman. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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