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or disk jockey
as in shock jock
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Recent Examples of disc jockey
The former disc jockey, born Winston Conrad Martindale, died Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, California, while surrounded by his family, The Hollywood Reporter and the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Martindale began his career in show business as a disc jockey in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee at 17 years old.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Lives Lived: John Peck, known as the Mad Peck, was a cultural omnivore whose work as an underground cartoonist, artist, critic and disc jockey had a dry humor and an ornate eccentricity.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Big Al Sams, the popular Sacramento radio disc jockey and TV personality considered by colleagues an ambassador to the city, has died.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
Martindale began his career in show business as a disc jockey in his hometown of Jackson, Tennessee at 17 years old.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Lives Lived: John Peck, known as the Mad Peck, was a cultural omnivore whose work as an underground cartoonist, artist, critic and disc jockey had a dry humor and an ornate eccentricity.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Big Al Sams, the popular Sacramento radio disc jockey and TV personality considered by colleagues an ambassador to the city, has died.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disc jockey
Noun
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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
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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
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Bridal Shop Weddings Inside Fashion TikToker Madeleine White and DJ Andrew Fedyk’s Golden-Hour Wedding in Santorini By Elise Taylor July 15, 2025 Elise Taylor is the senior living writer at Vogue.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Earle — along with her closest friends and some of her margarita-loving fans — danced away the day to music spun by DJ Disco Lines at Montauk's famed Surf Lodge.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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That includes the vast majority of this year’s rookie class, such as standout draftees Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe, Ace Bailey and more.—
Garrett Chorpenning,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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Those three alone are earning nearly $145 million, so that trio combined with Jared McCain ($4.2 million) and No. 3 overall pick VJ Edgecombe ($11.1 million) push the Sixers over the cap by themselves.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Disc jockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disc%20jockey. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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