foreign correspondent

noun

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

Examples of foreign correspondent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In a three-decade career at The Washington Post, Robinson has been city hall reporter, city editor, foreign correspondent in Buenos Aires and London, foreign editor, and assistant managing editor in charge of the paper’s Style section. Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, 1 July 2024 Raf Sanchez Raf Sanchez is a foreign correspondent for NBC News. Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 18 June 2024 Before being deployed to Chicago, Saberi served five years as a foreign correspondent based in the network's London bureau. Roxana Saberi, CBS News, 13 June 2024 My godfather was a foreign correspondent; my brother’s godfather was a different foreign correspondent. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Apr. 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 7 Jul. 2024.

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