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as in columnist
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as in writer
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Recent Examples of editor
In May, the editor-in-chief at Random House read the first fifty pages of my novel and unexpectedly offered me a contract.
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Joyce Johnson, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Bryna Laub, editor of Daytime Serial Newsletter, felt the show besmirched the sanctity of soaps and contributed to the broader currents of shame surrounding the genre.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
As Howard and editor Andrew Morreale flip through his seemingly endless body of work, the cinematic quality of his images are placed on full display.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
Amina Kilpatrick Amina Kilpatrick is a weekend platforms editor for NBC News.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 May 2026
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Joyce Johnson, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Bryna Laub, editor of Daytime Serial Newsletter, felt the show besmirched the sanctity of soaps and contributed to the broader currents of shame surrounding the genre.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
As Howard and editor Andrew Morreale flip through his seemingly endless body of work, the cinematic quality of his images are placed on full display.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
Amina Kilpatrick Amina Kilpatrick is a weekend platforms editor for NBC News.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for editor
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Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha warned about the impact that Democrats regaining power could have on the Supreme Court after party leaders spoke out in support of packing the Supreme Court in response to recent rulings.—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
26 May 2026
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Mary Ellen Klas is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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The former president’s conversations with a ghost writer helping to write his memoir were collected as part of a probe into his handling of classified documents.—
Perry Stein,
Washington Post,
27 May 2026
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This transformation happened around the time the idea of becoming a writer had gained escape velocity in my mind.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block after her father’s death and the discovery of secrets he’s long kept hidden.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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His favorite author is young adult novelist Alan Gratz, favorite food is beef stroganoff and favorite school subject is math.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Another ex-staffer, maid Charlotte Briggs, echoed this sentiment in a 2022 interview with The Sun.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
22 May 2026
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An influencer turned campaign staffer for gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra quietly amended his social media posts to include a disclaimer that he was paid following uproar that rival candidate Tom Steyer had paid influencers to boost him online.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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Seeing Pocahontas poised on a chair, wearing an elegant hat and holding a quill pen, the English had assumed that Native Americans would embrace the colonizers’ ways.—
Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
25 May 2026
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Put pen to paper for this deal.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
24 May 2026
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That isn’t to say Crichton is an author whose reputation needs resuscitating.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Daniel Sikkema, born Daniel García Carrera in Cuba, is a onetime escort and the author of the 2006 autobiography Ticket to Paradise.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 May 2026
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