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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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Jason Aten, a tech columnist at Inc. magazine, reported that his Muse read and regurgitated his private messages even though he believed he had denied it that capability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Speaking of which, here’s Journal columnist Nicole Nguyen’s new take on the hot agent of the moment: “I Tried Meta’s Muse AI Agent. It’s Helpful and Scary at the Same Time.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

My colleague and WSJ columnist Greg Ip says that view is flawed and offered his take.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Times columnist Amy Kaufman, in a 2024 article assessing the cultural impact of the whirlwind romance between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“It is desolation,” wrote Teresa Dean, the columnist, about a visit she made to Jackson Park on January 2, 1894.

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

While there were established columnists like Walter Winchell, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, most articles in these magazines either went unbylined or were written under pseudonyms.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mostly, though, the film is oblique commentary on the kinds of issues the columnists are always writing about—a perceived loss of societal trust, demonization of out-groups, and increased geographical sorting by ideology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

MarketWatch columnists Edd and Cynthia Staton write often about living abroad.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 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

“The consensus was that Seabiscuit should not have been started in the mud,” wrote Oscar Otis, echoing the words of many columnists.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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