Muckraker in a sentence

Muckraker meaning

1. One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons.
2. One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s).
3. A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.

Using Muckraker

• The main meaning on this page is: One who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that often violate widely held values; e.g. one who exposes political corruption or the poor conditions in prisons. | One of a group of American investigative reporters, novelists and critics of the Progressive Era (the 1890s to the 1920s). | A sensationalist, scandalmongering journalist, one who is not driven by any social principles.
• Useful related words include: mudslinger, detractor, disparager, depreciator.

Context around Muckraker

• Average sentence length in these examples: 18.3 words
• Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Muckraker

• In this selection, "muckraker" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, known and term stand out and add context to how "muckraker" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include nationally known muckraker she has and not the muckraker of yesteryear. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "muckraker" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.