editor

noun

Definition of editornext
1
as in columnist

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as in writer

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Recent Examples of editor Bud Billiken, the page’s fictional editor/mascot described as the guardian and protector of children, was invented by Abbott and the Defender’s executive editor Lucius Harper. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Delaney will play Jonas Faukman, an editor who gets caught up in a sticky situation. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026 Joe Kottke Joe Kottke is an assignment editor at NBC News covering breaking news across the Americas, including politics, immigration, crime and severe weather. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026 For decades, judgment happened off the page — the editor’s private slush pile, the scientist’s private dead ends, the years of false starts no one outside the lab ever saw. — Dr. Mario García, Forbes.com, 29 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
  • Magnet's software runs in my own lab, so read this as a customer's view as much as a columnist's.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • These are some of the Chiefs’ top position battles identified by Star columnists and beat writers heading into Saturday’s home game against the Los Angeles Rams.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of columnist
Noun
  • Neither group showed higher-than-normal death rates from cancers that aren't tied to radiation exposure, noted the commentary writers, Catherine Olsen and Ken Karipidis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes the cure for writer’s block is just having something to react to, and ChatGPT is always there to provide fodder.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of writer
Noun
  • Conviser’s case, which was partially dismissed for lack of standing, accused legendary DePaul softball coach Eugene Lenti of verbally and mentally abusing his athletes and physically assaulting a staffer.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid summoned a staffer to repair a troubling divot, while linebacker Terrel Bernard supervised.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of staffer
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  • Kei Miller is a Jamaican poet, essayist, and novelist, shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award and winner of the prestigious Forward poetry prize for his collection The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Lee Child — the novelist who created this most quintessentially ‘Merican of heroes — isn’t merely an Englishman, but a Commander of the Order of the British Empire!
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of novelist
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  • The state is no longer collecting sales tax on nonelectronic school supplies, which includes a long list of items like paper, notebooks, binder, pens, pencils and markers, rules and protractors, glue, highlighters, index cards and scissors.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Many rescues have been found to be abusive and worse than a kill pen.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of pen
Noun
  • Assessing the entries this year were a total of six panels, comprised of independent experts from across the industry, including top writers, authors and broadcasters from England and Scotland.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Follow-up research is needed to really prove bedbugs actually are spreading MRSA to people, said one of the study's authors, Jose Pietri, who is now at Purdue University.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
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