cor·re·spon·dent
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dənt 
ˌkär-
1
2
: fitting, conforming
—used with with or to
The outcome was entirely correspondent with my wishes.
1
a
: one who communicates with another by letter
b
: one who has regular commercial relations with another
c
: one who contributes news or commentary to a publication (such as a newspaper) or a radio or television network often from a distant place
a war correspondent
2
: something that corresponds
Examples of correspondent in a Sentence
Adjective
reading and writing are actually correspondent activities
Noun
When writing to business correspondents, use a formal tone.
a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Here, our Everton correspondent, Patrick Boyland, answers as many of those questions as possible.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Analysis By Liverpool correspondent Andy Jones All three of Liverpool’s key contract situations have taken different paths over the course of the season, and while Alexander-Arnold has chosen to not discuss it publicly, when Madrid are involved the noise is impossible to stop.
—David Ornstein, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Goldberg started his journalism career as a police reporter for The Washington Post, eventually writing over 15 cover stories for The New York Times Magazine and then serving as a Middle East correspondent and then a Washington correspondent for The New Yorker.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Tom Llamas Tom Llamas is a senior national correspondent for NBC News.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
Here, our Everton correspondent, Patrick Boyland, answers as many of those questions as possible.
—Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Analysis By Liverpool correspondent Andy Jones All three of Liverpool’s key contract situations have taken different paths over the course of the season, and while Alexander-Arnold has chosen to not discuss it publicly, when Madrid are involved the noise is impossible to stop.
—David Ornstein, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Goldberg started his journalism career as a police reporter for The Washington Post, eventually writing over 15 cover stories for The New York Times Magazine and then serving as a Middle East correspondent and then a Washington correspondent for The New Yorker.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correspondent. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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correspondent
1 of 2 adjective
cor·re·spon·dent
ˌkȯr-ə-ˈspän-dənt
1
2
: being in agreement : fitting
correspondent
2 of 2 noun1
: something that corresponds to something else
2
a
: one who communicates with another by letter
b
: one who contributes news to a newspaper or newscast often from a distant place
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