as in writer
a person who writes a newspaper or magazine column
The columnist is known to take provocative positions that often shape the opinions of her readers. a gossip columnist
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Recent Examples of columnist
Free Press personal finance columnist Susan Tompor breaks it down here.
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Jonathan Martin, politics bureau chief and senior political columnist for Politico; Democratic strategist Adrienne Elrod; and Lanhee Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution.
—NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Jonathan Martin, politics bureau chief and senior political columnist for Politico; Democratic strategist Adrienne Elrod; and Lanhee Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution.
—NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columnist
Noun
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Emma Bussey is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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That is, a bill proposed by Oklahoma’s largest writer of homeowners insurance.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
3 Feb. 2026
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The agency said a reporter would have to file a records request to obtain more information.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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The sheriff declined to answer several questions, including one from a reporter who asked if there was a ransom demanded.—
Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz , Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Peter Attia Peter Attia, an author and anti-aging influencer recently hired as a CBS News contributor, was mentioned more than 1,700 times in the new release of files.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Guthrie is also a New York Times bestselling author and was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2022.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Feb. 2026
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Strandjord pointed to mounting cases in which US citizens have been detained while protesting or exercising First Amendment rights, including the rights of journalists.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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In an email to Semafor, New York Post Media Group Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole argued that Newsom simply isn’t used to receiving the kind of scrutiny that the Post brings to the targets of its coverage, and said that many California readers were already cheering on the paper’s journalists.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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That novelist’s precision is embedded in every beat of the screenplay, which values rhythm and implication over exposition.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026
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The novelist Naomi Alderman recently wrote about how the thing that keeps drawing us back to our phones is actually a misdirected desire to learn.—
Richard Godwin,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Columnist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columnist. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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