editor in chief

NOUN

person in charge of the editorial staff

Synonyms

WEAK

editorial director executive editor managing editor senior editor

Example Sentences

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Previously, Alan spent 10 years at Fortune Media, where he served as editor in chief and then CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Frankel says dozens of women tried out to play Emily, the haughty first assistant to Streep’s icy editor in chief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic’s editor in chief, suggested “staking” Coppins $10,000 so he wouldn’t be betting with his own money.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

But in 1999, she was in her first job, assisting the magazine’s editor in chief, Anna Wintour, and helping to train the woman who would ultimately write the novel that became the film.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

And despite his own paper’s editorial, not even the editor in chief of the Chicago Tribune, Horace White, smelled a good story in the smoke that was blowing into his neighborhood.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy