correspondent

noun/ˌkɔrəˈspɑndənt/

Frequency rank: #4,994 most common English word

Meaning

A journalist who reports news from a particular place or on a particular topic.

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Example sentence

The network hired her as their foreign correspondent to report on the conflict.

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