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Recent Examples of disc jockey
Wood was a radio announcer and jazz disc jockey and took DeJohnette around to clubs.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Corey was a disc jockey on WHRB, the student-run radio station at Harvard University and the lead guitarist of Meltdown.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Court documents reveal federal prosecutors’ case against the couple, alleging the pair did not report any income from Jennifer Powers and only documented a gross income of $40,000 from Stephen Powers’ disc jockey business in the tax years 2018 and 2019 combined.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Johnson County mother of two and beloved disc jockey, was killed, friends told The Star after talking with family.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Corey was a disc jockey on WHRB, the student-run radio station at Harvard University and the lead guitarist of Meltdown.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Court documents reveal federal prosecutors’ case against the couple, alleging the pair did not report any income from Jennifer Powers and only documented a gross income of $40,000 from Stephen Powers’ disc jockey business in the tax years 2018 and 2019 combined.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Johnson County mother of two and beloved disc jockey, was killed, friends told The Star after talking with family.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disc jockey
Noun
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During Glaser's interview with Stern, the shock jock praised her for mocking CBS News despite the Golden Globes airing on CBS.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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Howard Stern, then a rising shock jock on terrestrial radio, went all in, calling for Goetz to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Those are big shoes to fill, but Mero has stepped into them with his customary smoothness, quickly injecting a millennial POV into the airwaves alongside co-hosts Shani Kulture, Miabelle, Kazeem Famuyide, and DJ Kast One.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
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Chuquimamani-Condori, the stalwart underground producer who makes up one half of Los Thuthanaka, has released a new suite of DJ E edits, taking on songs by the Bolivian singer, songwriter, and producer Luzmila Carpio.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The emergence of rookie guard VJ Edgecombe made McCain expendable.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Ohtani led the second half of the set, starting with the SONIC MUSIC EXPERIENCE, which fused music from Sega’s famous Sonic series with VJ visuals.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Disc jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disc%20jockey. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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