editor

noun

Definition of editornext
1
as in columnist

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as in writer

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Recent Examples of editor An InStyle editor taps two hairstylists to get their insights on the biggest color trends this season. — Amanda Le, InStyle, 29 July 2026 Jeremy Routledge is executive producer, with Andy Brereton as commissioning editor. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 July 2026 Jenn Sinrich is a journalist, editor, and content strategist with more than a decade of experience creating high-performing lifestyle, travel, health, and parenting content for top-tier media brands. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2026 Babak Dehghanpisheh Babak Dehghanpisheh is an NBC News Digital international editor based in New York. — Abigail Williams, NBC news, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for editor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for editor
  1. columnist
  2. writer
  3. staffer
  4. novelist
  5. pen
  6. author
Noun
  • The columnist has spent nearly two decades at the Times and is an author of numerous books.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • The new wave of hires comes after former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss became the program's new editor-in-chief.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of columnist
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  • Contributing Writer Laura Itzkowitz is a freelance writer and editor with a passion for covering travel, arts and culture, lifestyle, design, food, and wine.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Ahmed Naji is a bilingual writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker, and official criminal from Egypt.
    — Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of writer
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  • Or the convention center in Christchurch that became carbon zero because one young staffer started auditing the trash bins.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Gardner-Johnson also streamed himself donating $20,000 from his foundation to help a Bills staffer pay her student-loan debt.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • Icelandic poet, novelist and essayist Andri Snær Magnason was tasked with commemorating Ok, his words etched into copper and fastened to rock uncovered by the glacier’s retreating ice.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 July 2026
  • The film is based on Nigerian American novelist Tomi Adeyemi’s novel of the same name.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
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  • And the appeals began for the Dodgers to sign Sasaki up for duty in the ‘pen.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • Drawing pens for the kids, highlighters for those profound poolside page turners, and most crucial of all, a bull-clip of Cambodia's note-heavy Riel.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of pen
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  • Unlike the low-tech solution in American author Mary Mapes Dodge's 19th-century story, modern dike patrols are able to plot possible problems caused by drought in an app and send it to authorities who can then quickly carry our repairs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on bestseller lists and has been translated into 40 languages, and Smarter Faster Better, also a bestseller.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
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