editor in chief

noun phrase

: an editor who heads an editorial staff

Examples of editor in chief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Also present in the gallery were editors and reporters from the outlets, including CNN’s David Chalian and Jonathan Greenberger, Politico’s global editor in chief. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Set in New York City, in 1982, its protagonist is a young man who gets a job at a prestigious poetry magazine where the twin editors in chief have a fiery rivalry. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026

In addition to developing better medicines or fragrances, deciphering the mirror images of molecules can help scientists understand the chemical architecture of life, said chemist Holden Thorp, editor in chief of the journal Science. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

New York’s editor in chief David Haskell, senior men’s style editor Samuel Hine and editor at large Erik Maza cohosted a dinner at Bistrot Ha on the Lower East Side, with support from Canada Goose. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for editor in chief

• beef
• brief
• fief
• grief
• leaf
• lief
• reef
• reif
• seif
• sheaf
• thief
• belief