editor in chief

noun phrase

: an editor who heads an editorial staff

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Cosmopolitan editor in chief Willa Bennett will also host an in-person shopping event for the partnership in SoHo, where guests will shop vintage and secondhand finds and also engage in other experiences. Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 5 June 2025 That funding helped the U.S. to become the world’s leading scientific power — and has led to the invention of cellphones and the internet as well as new ways to treat cancer, heart disease and strokes, noted Holden Thorp, editor in chief of the journal Science. Christina Larson, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025 Our global editorial director and US editor in chief Amy Astley sleeps soundly on this medium-firm mattress night after night thanks to five ergonomic zones for support and layers of soft organic natural latex. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2025 In that role, Means mainly edited poems, essays, and art work, according to Kim Allan Williams, the journal’s editor in chief. Alana Semuels, Time, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for editor in chief

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of editor in chief was in 1810

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“Editor in chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/editor%20in%20chief. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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