copy editor
noun
variants
or less commonly copyeditor
1
: an editor who prepares copy for the typesetter
2
: one who edits and headlines newspaper copy
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Editor Jen Ashley, bureau chief Michael Graff and longtime copy editor Katie Lewis have made Axios Nashville better every day.
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
Rights & Permissions Aaron Shattuck is a senior copy editor at Scientific American.
—Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Emily Makowski, a copy editor at Scientific American, describes her ticker-tape synesthesia—the fascinating brain process whereby spoken words run across the mind’s eye like closed captioning.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
At 25, Josie Geller is the youngest copy editor at The Chicago Sun-Times.
—Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2024
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
Rights & Permissions Aaron Shattuck is a senior copy editor at Scientific American.
—Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Emily Makowski, a copy editor at Scientific American, describes her ticker-tape synesthesia—the fascinating brain process whereby spoken words run across the mind’s eye like closed captioning.
—Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
At 25, Josie Geller is the youngest copy editor at The Chicago Sun-Times.
—Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2024
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copy editor
noun1
: an employee of a publishing house who corrects manuscript copy
2
: a person who edits and writes headlines for newspaper copy
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