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or disk jockey
as in shock jock
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Recent Examples of disc jockey
Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Johnson County mother of two and beloved disc jockey, was killed, friends told The Star after talking with family.
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
The former disc jockey, born Winston Conrad Martindale, died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, California, while surrounded by his family, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times reported.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Martindale began his career in show business as a disc jockey in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee at 17 years old.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Lives Lived: John Peck, known as the Mad Peck, was a cultural omnivore whose work as an underground cartoonist, artist, critic and disc jockey had a dry humor and an ornate eccentricity.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
The former disc jockey, born Winston Conrad Martindale, died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, California, while surrounded by his family, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times reported.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Martindale began his career in show business as a disc jockey in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee at 17 years old.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Lives Lived: John Peck, known as the Mad Peck, was a cultural omnivore whose work as an underground cartoonist, artist, critic and disc jockey had a dry humor and an ornate eccentricity.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disc jockey
Noun
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An atmosphere of opportunism and conspiracy coalesced, fed by shock jocks, TikTok psychologists, and citizen-journalist bloggers, who have become characters in the saga, and by Combs himself.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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Nearly every line in the film’s ferociously hilarious first hour is like Jane Austen reborn as a shock jock, until Song runs out of material and starts repeating herself.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Later in 11-on-11, rookie quarterback DJ Uiagalelei dropped back off play action.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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After years of collaborating with DJ Khaled, the 28-year-old rapper had a pointed diss for the Miami artist in a new track teased on a livestream.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
30 July 2025
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Kansas State: Gunner Maldonado, S, Arizona — Safety VJ Payne is the only full-time starter back in the K-State secondary.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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That includes the vast majority of this year’s rookie class, such as standout draftees Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe, Ace Bailey and more.—
Garrett Chorpenning,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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“Disc jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disc%20jockey. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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