often capitalized O&E, often attributive
: a page of special features usually opposite the editorial page of a newspaper
also : a feature on such a page

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Following the two 2024 deaths of students, both of whom were Asian, now-graduates Daniel Lin and Deborah Jang penned an op-ed for The Dartmouth criticizing the school’s response to the two tragedies as racist. Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2025 In addition to writing op-eds for the school’s newspaper, both men also helped organize Tuesday’s rally. Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 2 May 2025 Clooney inserts himself into politics — most outrageously through last year’s involvement with the cover-up of Biden’s mental decline, then with the Biden removal-coup as laid out in his July 10, 2024, New York Times op-ed. Armond White, National Review, 30 Apr. 2025 An op-ed advocating for students and professors to carry guns on college campuses nearly cost Daniel Foganholi a seat on the state Board of Education. Scott Travis, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for op-ed

Word History

Etymology

short for opposite editorial

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of op-ed was in 1970

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“Op-ed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/op-ed. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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