"sourcerer" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1983, Abraham Henry Raskin, Who Said That?",
          "text": "He has an opposite belief when it comes to \"sourcerers,\" a category in which he puts the Kissingers, the Haigs, and the Weinbergers -- people whose goal, as Mr. Smyser sees it, is to use the press, and ultimately the public, as a means to an end.",
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          "ref": "1992, Hastings communications and entertainment law journal, page 396",
          "text": "Media whistleblowers cannot be summarily characterized either as \"sources\" or \"sourcerers\".",
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          "ref": "1997, Louis S. Freeman, Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-offs, Joint Ventures and Other Strategic Alliances, Financings, Reorganizations and Restructurings, Volumes 3-4",
          "text": "Neither the government litigators nor the evil sourcerers could count on prevailing on any particular set of facts.",
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          "ref": "2003, Sharyl Attkisson, Don Rodney Vaughan, Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News, page 100",
          "text": "All effective sourcerers are part news detective.",
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        "(informal, journalism) A source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda"
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          "ref": "1979, Broadcasting, page 16",
          "text": "Our chief \"Sourcerers\" are Big Jim Cameron, former News Director, WCOZ, and John McGhon, former Program Director, WDVE.",
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        {
          "ref": "1989, Seafood Leader, page 30",
          "text": "The Iatest from the surimi sourcerers. Quality FRESH TUNA!",
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          "ref": "2016 June 22, Robin D. Schatz, “What A Chocolate 'Sourcerer' Learned From Working At Google”, in Forbes",
          "text": "Greg D'Alesandre, \"chocolate sourcerer\" and co-owner at Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco, spent six years as a group product manager at Google before pursuing his lifelong dream of making a living making chocolate.",
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        "A procurement officer, a buyer, someone who sources goods."
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        "(informal, business) A procurement officer, a buyer, someone who sources goods."
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Seafood Leader, page 30",
          "text": "The Iatest from the surimi sourcerers. Quality FRESH TUNA!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 June 22, Robin D. Schatz, “What A Chocolate 'Sourcerer' Learned From Working At Google”, in Forbes",
          "text": "Greg D'Alesandre, \"chocolate sourcerer\" and co-owner at Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco, spent six years as a group product manager at Google before pursuing his lifelong dream of making a living making chocolate.",
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