Thesaurus results for PRESSMAN

pressman

noun

ˈpres-mən

Definition of pressman

British

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 As print media companies introduced new technology into the workplace at that time, other craft workers, such as stereotypers, bookbinders, and pressmen organized, initially joining ITU. — Errol Salamon, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026 That allowed Boise residents to crowd into the cabin as the two pressmen set type for the first edition of the Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman. — Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025 But his father, Eugene, a pressman for the local paper, abandoned the family when Hackman was 13. — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, and grew up in Danville, Illinois, where his father worked as a pressman for the Commercial-News. — Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025

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The row reached the competition jury’s press conference the day after the opening ceremony, where a reporter raised the question of historical fact and creative freedom.

— Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
One of my favorite quotes about Kansas City barbecue comes from a news reporter in Milwaukee.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of reporter

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Tejedor is a Swiss filmmaker and journalist whose work explores utopias and the relationship between individuals and authority across the former Soviet Union and its satellite states.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
The local journalists who cover the Bend community every day were not immune from the grief and sadness after today’s deadly shooting of children at an elementary school.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of journalist

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Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News Senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson, former Biden White House senior adviser Steve Ricchetti and Lanhee Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution.

— NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Now, correspondent Anthony Mason reports on the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York's landmark show that rewrites the story of Krasner and Pollock, two artists whose work and legacy were – aesthetically and personally – bound together.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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