as in writer
a person who writes a newspaper or magazine column
The columnist is known to take provocative positions that often shape the opinions of her readers. a gossip columnist
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Recent Examples of columnist
Denise Amos is an editor and columnist at CalMatters.
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Denise Amos, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Elizabeth Shackelford is senior policy director at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Philip Martin has been a columnist and critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 1993.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
Today, Tuscaloosa News sports columnist Chase Goodbread takes over:
The clock has stopped on Joe Castiglione's career as Oklahoma's longtime director of athletics.
—Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 10 July 2025
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Denise Amos, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Elizabeth Shackelford is senior policy director at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
Philip Martin has been a columnist and critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 1993.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
Today, Tuscaloosa News sports columnist Chase Goodbread takes over:
The clock has stopped on Joe Castiglione's career as Oklahoma's longtime director of athletics.
—Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columnist
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Ullmann is right that, for a writer, precision is the minimum.—
Nadja Spiegelman,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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The series is produced by RCN Estudios, with a writers' room featuring Marta Betoldi (Ciega a Citas), César Betancur (Rigo), and Luis Carlos Ávila (La Reina del Flow).—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Regional politics reporter Erin Glynn can be reached at eglynn@enquirer.com, @ee_glynn on X or @eringlynn on Bluesky.—
Erin Glynn,
The Enquirer,
29 July 2025
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These figures include single-family homes, condominiums and townhomes. Reach growth and development reporter Matthew Glowicki at mglowicki@courier-journal.com or 502-582-4000.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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From the photo of herself as an adolescent on the cover to the numerous parallels between the biographies of character and author, Ullmann invites her readers to interpret these texts as based on life.—
Nadja Spiegelman,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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Sci-fi author Bruce Sterling is a popular multimedia keynote speaker this year, and at many future conferences.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Newsweek Contributing Editor Peter Roff is a veteran journalist who appears regularly on U.S. and international media platforms.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Two major media organizations have raised the alarm about their own journalists in Gaza.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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In March 1886, Chekhov received a letter from Dmitry Grigorovich, an elder novelist, out of the blue.—
Ha Jin
July 28,
Literary Hub,
28 July 2025
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In those same intoxicated days, Amos Oz—a young novelist who was raised in Jerusalem under British rule and served in a tank unit during the Six-Day War—emerged from the fighting wary of expansionism and the abuse of power.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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“Columnist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columnist. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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