editor in chief

noun phrase

: an editor who heads an editorial staff

Examples of editor in chief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Image At the time, Mr. Lewis was The Telegraph’s editor in chief. Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024 Callahan-Bever previously served as Complex’s deputy editor, editor in chief and then chief content officer from 2005 to 2017. Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2024 Jennifer Reynolds, a horticulturist, former editor in chief of the lifestyle magazine Harrowsmith, and a fifth-generation Torontonian, is as smitten with her Riverdale neighborhood—a few blocks north of Leslieville—as Wahba is with hers. Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024 Complex promoted Aria Hughes, formerly editorial creative director, to the role of editor in chief. Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for editor in chief 

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Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of editor in chief was in 1810

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“Editor in chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/editor%20in%20chief. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.

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