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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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Consider this: Last week, New York Times columnist David French sat down with Gorsuch himself to interview him about the children’s book the justice has published in advance of America’s 250th birthday.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

As described by food columnist Bibi Hutchings, it’s the muffins’ “diminutive size that makes them so irresistible.”

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Mr. Sasse is a columnist for the Journal and for WSJ Opinion’s Free Expression newsletter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

I should tell the audience that last fall, you and I had agreed that you would become a columnist for the Wall Street Journal and our new Free Expression newsletter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The day before giving the speech, he’d shown an advance copy to a newspaper columnist, hoping to convince him to write a supportive piece the next day.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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