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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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Responding to a quiz by our food columnist, readers shared favorite local delicacies from across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Criticism also was directed at San Francisco Standard columnist Tim Kawakami, who posted on X shortly before Lynch’s news conference, “I think there’s going to be some news later this morning.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat will join the program’s 59th season as a correspondent and author and documentarian Sebastian Junger as a contributor, Bilton said in a memo to staff Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

“What happened in recent days in Zacatecas is one more indication that ... criminality remains present, dominating territory, with links to local governments,” wrote columnist Carlos Puig in Mexico’s Milenio news outlet.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

“All of us are happy to call him our Ace of Space,” wrote a columnist in the Pittsburgh Courier.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

But it’s voters who decide elections, not know-it-all columnists.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

He also said that people who read financial columnists or listen to financial podcasts “don’t make good clients.”

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

For the first time, newspaper columnists are pondering a hypothetical scenario in which he might withdraw from the election.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

Featuring programming from WSJ Opinion’s new Free Expression franchise, WSJ Opinion Live brought WSJ columnists and influential thought leaders together to examine where the nation stood and what lay ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

Even so, the social columnists still did not write about his wife’s dresses when he and she attended the opera, the way they described the nightly couture of mesdames Palmer, Pullman, and Armour.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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