columnist
noun
col·um·nist
ˈkä-ləm-nist 
-lə-mist,
also ˈkäl-yəm-nist,
-yə-mist
: one who writes a newspaper or magazine column
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Los Angeles Times columnists Lorraine Ali, Mark Z. Barabak, Anita Chabria and Doyle McManus watched the debate live, discussing the highs and the lows.
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
The featured guest was the Haaretz columnist and reporter Amira Hass, the rare Jewish Israeli journalist to live in the Palestinian territories—previously in Gaza and now in the West Bank.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Troy Renck, sports columnist: Broncos play with no margin for error.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the efficacy of voting your conscience.
—Caity Weaver Jordan Kisner Dan Kaufman Kwame Anthony Appiah Stefano Montali Robert Rubsam Lisa Donovan Lisa Sanders, M.d. John Hodgman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2024
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
The featured guest was the Haaretz columnist and reporter Amira Hass, the rare Jewish Israeli journalist to live in the Palestinian territories—previously in Gaza and now in the West Bank.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Troy Renck, sports columnist: Broncos play with no margin for error.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the efficacy of voting your conscience.
—Caity Weaver Jordan Kisner Dan Kaufman Kwame Anthony Appiah Stefano Montali Robert Rubsam Lisa Donovan Lisa Sanders, M.d. John Hodgman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Columnist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/columnist. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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columnist
noun
col·um·nist
ˈkäl-əm-(n)əst
: a person who writes a newspaper or magazine column
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