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stringer

[string-er] / ˈstrɪŋ ər /
NOUN
beam
Synonyms
STRONGEST
girder joist piling pillar plank pole shaft sill timber
STRONG
axle balk bolster boom brace cantilever column crossbar crosspiece jamb lintel pile post prop rafter scantling spar stanchion stay strip strut stud two-by-four
NOUN
correspondent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contributor journalist reporter writer
STRONG
freelancer gazetteer
WEAK
epistler epistolarian letter writer pen pal
NOUN
foreign correspondent
Synonyms
WEAK
correspondent special correspondent war correspondent
NOUN
journalist
Synonyms
STRONGEST
broadcaster columnist commentator correspondent editor press reporter writer
STRONG
announcer contributor cub hack newsperson publicist scribe scrivener
WEAK
media person newspaper person pencil pusher television commentator
NOUN
newsman/newswoman
Synonyms
WEAK
anchor anchor man/woman anchor person announcer columnist copy editor correspondent cub editor foreign correspondent ink slinger interviewer investigative reporter journalist legman/woman newscaster newshound newspaperman/woman newswriter pressman/woman war correspondent writer
NOUN
rafter
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beam
STRONG
axle balk bolster boom brace cantilever column crossbar crosspiece girder jamb joist lintel pile piling pillar plank pole post prop scantling shaft sill spar stanchion stay strip strut stud timber two-by-four
NOUN
reporter
Synonyms
STRONGEST
columnist correspondent editor interviewer journalist writer
STRONG
anchor anchorperson announcer cub newscaster newsperson newswriter scribe scrivener
WEAK
ink slinger legperson newshound press person
NOUN
writer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
author biographer columnist correspondent critic dramatist editor essayist journalist novelist poet reporter screenwriter
STRONG
contributor freelancer ghostwriter scribbler scribe stenographer wordsmith
WEAK
newspaper person person of letters scripter
Antonyms
WEAK
reader

Example Sentences

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She started her career as a stringer for the Chicago Tribune, covering local government in the city’s northern suburbs during the 2009 recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Video from the stringer service OnScene.TV shows a stalled pickup truck on the shoulder of the freeway with a gaping hole in the windshield.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Chandrakar used to also work as a "stringer" for news organisations, where his job involved providing outstation journalists with information about a story or sometimes, even chaperoning them through Maoist strongholds.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

As a high school junior, he signed on as a stringer, feeding varsity wrestling and hockey results to the paper’s sports department.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

He pulled his stringer from his pocket and strung the fish on it.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe