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
The economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman summed up this view in late 2020.
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Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
Contact personal finance columnist Susan Tompor: stompor@freepress.com.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 817-390-7760 Mac Engel is an award-winning columnist who has covered sports since the dawn of man; Cowboys, TCU, Stars, Rangers, Mavericks, etc. Olympics.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2025
Ron Grossman is a columnist emeritus for the Chicago Tribune.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
Contact personal finance columnist Susan Tompor: stompor@freepress.com.
—Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 817-390-7760 Mac Engel is an award-winning columnist who has covered sports since the dawn of man; Cowboys, TCU, Stars, Rangers, Mavericks, etc. Olympics.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2025
Ron Grossman is a columnist emeritus for the Chicago Tribune.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columnist
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Contributing Writer Nola Taylor Tillman is a contributing writer for Space.com.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Editor’s note: This opinion essay is being published anonymously because the writer fears for their job.—
Special to the Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2025
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Now, as Food reporter Cindy Carcamo reported this week, the union jobs at the Original Pantry Cafe are under threat.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Trump was asked by a reporter Friday during a swearing-in ceremony for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Searches for gambling help increased 22% in 2022, 25% in 2023 and 31% through the first 6 months of 2024, according to John Ayers, lead author and vice chief of innovation at University of California, San Diego school of medicine.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to NASA policy, and author of two books: Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX; and Reentry, on the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
17 Feb. 2025
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Christopher Null, a longtime technology journalist, is a contributor to WIRED and the editor of Drinkhacker.—
Christopher Null,
WIRED,
17 Feb. 2025
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Lanzmann, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 92, was a brilliant journalist, writer and filmmaker known for being highly confrontational, as well as highly egocentric.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022.—
Aleksandra H. Michalska and Jonathan Allen,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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In front of a live audience, Matar stabbed Rushdie more than a dozen times, leaving the 77-year-old novelist permanently blind in one eye.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Columnist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columnist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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