How to Use copy editor in a Sentence

copy editor

noun

• In 2012, the Post laid off two-thirds of its copy editors.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Dunne came to The Courant in 1989, starting as copy editor.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 25 June 2021
• His mother, Gladys, worked as a copy editor at the New York Times.
  — Howie Kahn, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2018
• She was set to start as a copy editor for The Washington Post.
  — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
• Whisler has been a reporter and copy editor at the Express-News since 1995.
  — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2023
• Discharged with the rank of lieutenant junior grade in 1966, he was then hired by The Sun as a copy editor.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
• Terhune started at The Times in 2015 as a copy editor on the morning desk.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• The real stars are the Ars copy editors helping make sure our stories don't use the wrong names.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 31 May 2024
• The copy editor that copy edited The Wheel of Time books was my copy editor.
  — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
• Erikson had been an on-call copy editor in the newsroom since 2017.
  — Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
• His mother was a longtime copy editor at The New York Times.
  — Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 8 June 2018
• In the following days, the copy editor said, Mr. Cohen turned cold.
  — Jane Bradley, New York Times, 30 May 2023
• The copy editor was fired shortly after, the report says.
  — Josh Dawsey, Devlin Barrett, Rosalind S. Helderman and Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Garcia-Ruiz joined the Washington Post as a night copy editor in 1987.
  — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• Amy Kuebelbeck joined the Star Tribune as a copy editor in 2018.
  — Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2020
• Cortinas had been an on-call copy editor at The Chronicle since 2019.
  — Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
• The copy editors are the unsung heroes of journalism, the thin black ink line between chaos and order.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 25 June 2018
• Back in the days when newspapers still employed copy editors, the job was devoid of prestige.
  — John E. McIntyre, baltimoresun.com, 13 July 2018
• He was hired to start up High School Insider as a producer and copy editor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Miguel Castro, a sports copy editor, died at 40, proving once again that cancer sucks.
  — ExpressNews.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• One of my favorite stories is from Dave Smith, who began as a night copy editor in sports and went on to hold other editing roles.
  — New York Times, 28 June 2022
• But perhaps love means never having to have a copy editor.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• As a copy editor trying to enforce this usage, I might be considered a massive pain in the ass.
  — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019
• Maggie designs Star Tribune Opinion’s print pages and is a copy editor for the section as well.
  — Scott Gillespie, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
• Perez is a reporter and copy editor for her school newspaper, the Shorewood Ripple.
  — Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
• This week’s contestant is Slate copy editor Dawnthea Price.
  — Ray Hamel, Slate Magazine, 13 Jan. 2017
• Other team members did better: copy editor Tasha Zemke used the newfound time to run errands and hang with her teenage daughter.
  — Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 7 Feb. 2022
• Cobb was the copy editor, and all of the staff acted as photographers, models and curators.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 1 May 2020
• These skills landed them the position of yearbook copy editor as a freshman.
  — Sandeep Brijesh Pillai, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
• Every protest report went through seven rounds of edits with copy editors fact-checking each line, Karam said.
  — Makena Kelly, WIRED, 9 May 2024

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2024