advice column

noun

US
: an article in a newspaper or magazine that offers advice to people who write to ask for help with a problem

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Welcome back to everyone’s favorite drunken advice column. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 Dear Life Kit is NPR's advice column, where experts answer tricky questions about relationships, social etiquette, work culture and more. Beck Harlan, NPR, 30 Aug. 2025 Check out Carroll explaining how her Elle advice column was the stuff of lifelong dreams, then enjoy a segment about her childhood fascination with Dear Abby and the like. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Aug. 2025 Tell me everything Merve Emre on the history of the advice column. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 16 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for advice column

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“Advice column.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advice%20column. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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