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as in reporter
a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news
the student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer
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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intelligencer
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The distraught relative quickly left the scene, declining to talk with reporters.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025 -
In a follow-up meeting with financial reporters, Bessent said de-escalation with China is a priority but the two countries’ leaders are not in talks, and a deal cannot be negotiated with underlings.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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Cassian is now a secret spy for the budding Rebel Alliance.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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The payloads included a South Korean military radar spy satellite, a small commercial weather satellite, and the most interesting payload: an experimental reentry vehicle from a German startup named Atmos Space Cargo.—
Abigail Bassett,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trump's idea to incarcerate U.S. citizens abroad raises concerns In: Immigration MS-13 Deportation United States Department of Justice Scott MacFarlane Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman suggested Wednesday that the Trump administration welcomes the fight over the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Those qualities should top your list of agent must-haves, along with clear communication and high client ratings.—
Berit Thorkelson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2025
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In February, OpenAI launched AI agent tool Deep Research weeks before publishing its system card.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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By then, Salvadoran journalists and courts had already revealed that the main political parties in the country had negotiated with the gangs in some form since around 2012.—
Danielle Mackey,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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Rather, Nick Badolato, a Brooklyn Conservative Party operative, collected signatures to run on the party’s line against Zhuang.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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In one case, operatives posing as art dealers interested in purchasing a work by a dissident artist secretly installed surveillance equipment in his workplace and a GPS tracker on his car.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Intelligencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencer. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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