columnist
noun
col·um·nist
ˈkä-ləm-nist 
-lə-mist,
also ˈkäl-yəm-nist,
-yə-mist
: one who writes a newspaper or magazine column
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Critics of anti-pandemic measures prompted schools to end mask mandates, but doing so exposed millions to COVID infection, contributing to nearly 22,000 deaths, writes columnist Michael Hiltzik.
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Marsha Sutton is an education writer and opinion columnist and can be reached at suttonmarsha@gmail.com.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Graham Averill is Outside magazine’s national parks columnist.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
As my fellow Forbes columnist, Ian Dexter Palmer showed last week, fracks are long, complex, and use a lot of water and resources.
—Bryce Erickson, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Marsha Sutton is an education writer and opinion columnist and can be reached at suttonmarsha@gmail.com.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Graham Averill is Outside magazine’s national parks columnist.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 May 2025
As my fellow Forbes columnist, Ian Dexter Palmer showed last week, fracks are long, complex, and use a lot of water and resources.
—Bryce Erickson, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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“Columnist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/columnist. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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columnist
noun
col·um·nist
ˈkäl-əm-(n)əst
: a person who writes a newspaper or magazine column
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