Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cub reporter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: cub re-porter
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young, inexperienced reporter employed by a newspaper or magazine.

Dated

Example Sentences

"The cub-reporter cannot make a name for himself unless he is favoured by fortune."
"He had begun at 18 as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star."
"Like a cub reporter aspiring to be the next David Brinkley, Seacrest is, in a way, applying for a job that no longer exists."
"I was a cub reporter, with limited insight, for the public broadcaster. Following HIV during a controversial time when the government refused to provide antiretroviral drugs to people infected with the virus, quickly taught me an important thing – a pandemic isn’t simply a disease gone viral."

Usage

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Inflected Forms

cub reporters (plural) cub-reporter (alternative)

Questions

What does cub reporter mean?: A young, inexperienced reporter employed by a newspaper or magazine.

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