opinion piece

noun

: an article that expresses someone's beliefs or views

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Chung was once an up-and-coming prosecutor in Rosen’s office, and the public view of that changed after Chung wrote an opinion piece published in The Mercury News criticizing criminal justice reforms. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 13 May 2026 Thomas Wenski, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami, asked for the decision to be reviewed in an April 16 opinion piece published to the organization’s website. Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026 In an opinion piece in The Houston Chronicle, a former researcher of pharmaceutical purification in microgravity, Gregory Asimakis, argued sending humans to the moon is too costly when robots are available. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026 Later that month, federal agents detained Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student who had written an opinion piece supporting Palestine. Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for opinion piece

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“Opinion piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opinion%20piece. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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