staffer

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Recent Examples of staffer The frustrations of the job As the manager of the the California Department of Education, the state superintendent serves, in essence, as the chief staffer for the State Board of Education, whose members are appointed by the governor. Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 McClatchy confirmed the details of NOTUS’ reporting through a former Adams staffer who, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the relationship led to a hostile work environment and high staff turnover. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026 Four women, including an ex-staffer for the Bay Area representative who says Swalwell raped her two years ago, have alleged attacks and unwelcomed explicit communications, according to reports Friday by CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2026 Inspired by his focus on gun control, the woman moved to California to join Swalwell’s campaign as a junior staffer. Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for staffer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staffer
Noun
  • Jackson Thompson is a sports reporter for Fox News Digital covering critical political and cultural issues in sports, with an investigative lens.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Speculation began swirling after flirty messages between Harry and Mail on Sunday journalist Charlotte Griffiths were revealed during his unlawful information gathering court case against the outlet’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 3 May 2026
  • The fragile three-week ceasefire appears to be holding, though Trump on Saturday told journalists that further strikes remained a possibility.
    Adam Schreck, Fortune, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Two correspondents sent Lemisch the identical sanitary disposal bags, printed with the Liberty Bell, that had suddenly appeared in the women’s bathroom in their campus library.
    New York Times, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • The Manhattan apartment of CBS News special correspondent Anthony Mason could serve as an annex to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The New England Patriots quarterback shared his support for Mike Vrabel amid the coach’s photo scandal involving sportswriter Dianna Russini.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.
    Richard Dunn, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Herald photojournalist José Iglesias, who shared numerous assignments with Chardy, including covering the 2010 Haiti earthquake, noted his patient, determined equanimity in difficult moments.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
  • This exceptionally ambiguous policy posed real danger to people like Rob Levine, a freelance photojournalist and commercial photographer in Minneapolis for nearly four decades.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Third-stringer Luka Garza also saw first-quarter action, with Mazzulla initially deploying Vucevic against Embiid and Garza against veteran backup Andre Drummond.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Simmons did not mention Clayton Dees, who is believed to be the fourth-stringer.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One spring day, Tan’s critical gaze landed on the work of freelance journalist Gil Duran, a tech-industry muckraker with a background in Democratic politics who was starting to take very seriously the right-wing political ambitions of San Francisco tech moguls.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Persons thus satirized included presidents Reagan, Carter, Ford and Nixon, as well as newsmen Dan Rather and Ted Koppel.
    Carmel Dagan, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Amy Madigan, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Sunday night, is the daughter of a newsman who helped shape CBS Chicago in the 1960s.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026

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“Staffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staffer. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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