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
Jonathan Lansner is the business columnist for the Southern California News Group.
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Mark Barabak is a Los Angeles Times columnist.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
As columnist Sean Keeler pointed out in the live game updates, Tillman leads the Broncos in interceptions.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Summers is a columnist and contributing editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune.
—Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
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Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Mark Barabak is a Los Angeles Times columnist.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
As columnist Sean Keeler pointed out in the live game updates, Tillman leads the Broncos in interceptions.
—Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Summers is a columnist and contributing editor for The San Diego Union-Tribune.
—Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columnist
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Jon Walker is a business writer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw told reporters after the game about the decision to honor Vesia.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Guardiola, speaking to reporters before City’s 4-1 victory over Dortmund, sounded like a manager who takes Arsenal deadly seriously.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Celebrated author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn brings Homer’s great epic to vividly poetic new life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And the author also indicated that Ferguson’s charity work could be looked into.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
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Former City Councilmember Ruth Herbel and former Record journalist Phyllis Zorn are in line to receive $650,000 apiece, and another former Record journalist, Deb Gruver, will get $250,000.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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New Delhi provided diplomatic protection to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite Bangladeshi counterterrorism force that targeted opposition politicians, activists, and journalists.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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In truth, a novelist is uniquely qualified to write sports fiction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The true-crime movie stars stiller as novelist Norman Mailer, who befriended convict Jack Henry Abbott (Farrell).—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Columnist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columnist. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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