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
The latest instance of this belief comes from Jason Gay, the Wall Street Journal’s sports columnist who was invited to deliver a commencement address at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Wendt’s duties included cleaning legendary columnist Mike Royko’s office and taking copy desk lunch orders.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Top pick Cam Ward and the Tennessee Titans get no respect from NFL schedule makers, writes columnist Jarrett Bell.
—Cesar Brioso, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Clock ticks toward free agency for NHL star Auston Matthews delivers: Maple Leafs captain finds the net, redemption and relief
Pierre LeBrun has been a senior NHL columnist for The Athletic since 2017.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Wendt’s duties included cleaning legendary columnist Mike Royko’s office and taking copy desk lunch orders.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Top pick Cam Ward and the Tennessee Titans get no respect from NFL schedule makers, writes columnist Jarrett Bell.
—Cesar Brioso, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Clock ticks toward free agency for NHL star Auston Matthews delivers: Maple Leafs captain finds the net, redemption and relief
Pierre LeBrun has been a senior NHL columnist for The Athletic since 2017.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columnist
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Connecting with fellow writers at the Northern California Writers’ Retreat provided both emotional support and practical knowledge.—
Jaclyn Westlake,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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They are joined by dozens of reporters writing about the effects on everyday people.—
Ian Austen,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Officials have not ruled out terrorism, Lt. William Hutchinson told reporters at the scene, adding that there appears to be one fatality.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
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Christopher Elliott is an author, consumer advocate, and journalist.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The Roman author Pliny the Elder praised wines from the northeastern corner of modern-day Italy in 77 A.D., specifically those from the village of Puccino, which many historians consider the ancestral home of Prosecco.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2025
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What Happens Next Hegseth's move should give the Department of Defense greater control over who is speaking to journalists in the Pentagon and about what.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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The internet is already a part of us, inside of us; and maybe what remains for the digital novelist is to get outside, to gather up the whole snarled mess of tubes and plunk it down on an examination table.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Among its most renowned figures were novelists Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster; painters Vanessa Bell, Roger Fry, and Duncan Grant; nonfiction writers and critics Lytton Strachey, Clive Bell, Desmond MacCarthy, and Leonard Woolf; and economist John Maynard Keynes.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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“Columnist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columnist. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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