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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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Jack Morgan’s reputation for stolid rectitude was permanently undermined — “Until last Tuesday,” wrote a New York Times columnist, “Mr. Morgan was a legend.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

Born on 26 August 1964, Caruana Galizia had worked as a columnist for several Maltese media outlets, including The Sunday Times of Malta and The Malta Independent.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Former WSJ tech columnist Walter S. Mossberg wrote at the time that Chrome would likely “make using the web faster, easier and less frustrating.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

As Toronto Star columnist Liz Renzetti put it recently, “We are wolves in beavers’ clothing.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

When a female chess columnist asked him for an interview after lunch, he agreed; she shrieked joyfully, hugged Bobby, and kissed him on the cheek.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Fill out the MarketWatch Retirement Questionnaire and one of our columnists might answer your question.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

Sound advice for a struggling new parent: Slate’s advice columnists have heard it all over the years, so our parenting advice column has been bringing back some classics from the archives.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 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

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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