mistress of ceremonies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistress of ceremonies
Noun
  • During that period, Haley decided to take the advice of a disc jockey at WPWA radio, who suggested that Haley play off the similarity between his name and that of 17th century British astronomer Edmund Halley, who determined that a particular comet follows a 76-year orbit.
    Kenneth Best, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
  • As a young man, Stone was a successful disc jockey for KSOL, an R&B radio station in San Mateo, California.
    Brandon Gates, NPR, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Later in 11-on-11, rookie quarterback DJ Uiagalelei dropped back off play action.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 30 July 2025
  • 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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