as in to reflect
to make a statement of one's opinion
she never misses a chance to editorialize on the issues of the day—even the ones she knows nothing about
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Recent Examples of editorialize
The following interview has been editorialized and trimmed for better flow.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Mother Mary Comes to Me mostly proceeds in a straight line through Roy’s life, but the author can’t resist editorializing or indulging in frequent asides, pausing the action to tell the reader how something will unfold.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Let’s stipulate that the country would be better off if redrawing congressional maps were firmly restricted to the decennial census, as the Wall Street Journal recently editorialized.
—Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
And the Chicago Tribune last year editorialized that the Windy City headquarters could be at risk.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Mother Mary Comes to Me mostly proceeds in a straight line through Roy’s life, but the author can’t resist editorializing or indulging in frequent asides, pausing the action to tell the reader how something will unfold.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Let’s stipulate that the country would be better off if redrawing congressional maps were firmly restricted to the decennial census, as the Wall Street Journal recently editorialized.
—Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
And the Chicago Tribune last year editorialized that the Windy City headquarters could be at risk.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for editorialize
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In his op-ed reflecting on the texts, the secretary takes to task the Westminster establishment that allowed Mandelson’s selection, but also waxes philosophical about sexism, diversity, and inclusion.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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Teddi Mellencamp reflected on her cancer journey one year after she was hospitalized and required emergency brain surgery.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Valenzuela declined to comment on the case further.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Pima County Sheriff’s Department declined to comment on reports of the release when asked overnight by NBC News.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
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State police said Pedbereznak was cooperative with investigators and showed them the text message conversation where he was sent a photo of the CAD remarks, according to the warrant affidavit.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Trump’s election comment came in an interview Monday with a conservative podcaster and the Republican president reaffirmed his position in Oval Office remarks the next day, citing fraud allegations that numerous audits, investigations and courts have debunked.—
Kate Brumback,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The first two paragraphs recalled the Holocaust, and noted that compiling a list of Jews as precedent thereto.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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The iron-man mentality wasn’t much help in August (see stat to note), but 2025 saw Machado hit his 350th career homer and up his franchise-leading total to 194, surpass 2,000 career hits, earn his third Silver Slugger Award and start the All-Star Game at third base for the second time as a Padre.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Editorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/editorialize. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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