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stringer

[string-er] / ˈstrɪŋ ər /


NOUN
foreign correspondent
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She started her career as a stringer for the Chicago Tribune, covering local government in the city’s northern suburbs during the 2009 recession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

The man in his 50s was discovered inside his white Toyota sedan in a parking structure along Century Boulevard near LAX, according to footage broadcast by RMG News, a stringer news service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

Then it was back to collecting Djokovic's racquets and taking them to the stringer.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

As a high school junior, he signed on as a stringer, feeding varsity wrestling and hockey results to the paper’s sports department.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

Since I only had one perch for her, I picked the smallest pie and dropped the fish off the stringer into a big basin.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis