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
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Plus, trending politics reporter Hope Karnopp pulled out some key takeaways from the legislative primary.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
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James Marsden as Kevin, a famous wedding reporter—because no rom-com is truly complete without a prying journalist.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Bashar Assad's fall after a lightning rebel offensive has allowed journalists for the first time to start searching in Syria for evidence of the captagon empire.Timour Azhari, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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David Axe is a journalist and filmmaker based in Columbia, South Carolina.David Axe, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Times correspondent Nabih Bulos contributed reporting.Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Two Democratic senators are pressing for correspondent between President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks and Boris Epshteyn following allegations that the longtime Trump adviser was seeking payment to promote individuals interested in roles in the next Trump administration.Joanne Haner, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Pressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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