foreign correspondent

noun

Synonyms of foreign correspondent next

: a correspondent employed to send news or comment from a foreign country

Examples of foreign correspondent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Raf Sanchez Raf Sanchez is a foreign correspondent for NBC News. —

Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024 As a former foreign correspondent, Fenton has had experiences similar to my own, but poetry provides a more allusive, emotional language than journalism. —

The Week Uk, theweek, 11 Oct. 2024 Saberi spent five years as a foreign correspondent based in the network’s London bureau before moving to Chicago. —

Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024 Brian Murphy joined The Washington Post after more than 20 years as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief for the Associated Press in Europe and the Middle East. —

Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for foreign correspondent

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Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of foreign correspondent was in 1881

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“Foreign correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20correspondent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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