copyreader

noun

Definition of copyreadernext
as in editor

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  1. editor
  2. columnist
  3. staffer
  4. sportswriter
Noun
  • In addition to developing better medicines or perfumes, 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.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Lena is anchored, however, by her relationship with Yana Kuchina, a former editor of a Moscow publishing house who writes openly about living with cerebral palsy.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of editor
Noun
  • The Times’ business columnist Michael Hiltzik did a convincing breakdown and rebuttal to Friedersdorf.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The voting panel includes myself, Blair Kerkhoff, Pete Grathoff and columnists Vahe Gregorian and Sam McDowell.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of columnist
Noun
  • His stay ended nine months later, his parents said, when a staffer sat on Christian roughly to restrain him, injuring his hip and sending him to the hospital for surgery.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Rachel Michelson, a UX designer who has been a staffer at MPHC since 2023, attributes the tight quarters to bringing people together.
    — Sarah Rose Siskind, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of staffer
Noun
  • Rivera said reading Against All Hope, Cuban political prisoner Armando Valladares’ memoir, while attending FIU persuaded him to abandon plans to become a sportswriter and devote his life to political and human-rights causes.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • His brother, Harold Bechard, worked as a longtime sportswriter at newspapers in Salina and Hutchinson.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of sportswriter
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“Copyreader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyreader. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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