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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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Mr. Newport was the Journal’s golf columnist from 2006 to 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

As Mark Hulbert, a columnist for MarketWatch, explained recently, there is not stable relationship between geopolitical risk and gold’s price.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Whether it’s the senior analyst, the aging character actor, or the middling sports columnist at a financial newspaper, one must never underestimate a youthful competitor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In contrast, when he faced the cameras after Trump told him to cancel his plans to attack Beirut on Monday, the leading Israeli newspaper columnist Ben Caspit said he looked like a deflated balloon.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

That night, the society columnist Billy Norwich hosted a farewell party for Pittman at Nell’s in downtown Manhattan.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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