editor

noun

Definition of editornext
1
as in columnist

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as in writer

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Recent Examples of editor Carley Rojas Ávila is an independent journalist and editor covering travel, cuisine, and culture across Latin America and the Caribbean. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026 Joining them is script editor, story consultant and executive producer Jack Casey (Wren Boys, White Girl), who is also a story consultant on Black Church Bay, which screens at this year’s LFF. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 Grover served as film editor on three 007 films — For Your Eyes Only (1981), The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) — and helped cut The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979) and Octopussy (1983). — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026 He was discovered by Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani as a teenager and received the Vivian Infantino Emerging Talent Award from Footwear News in 2016 at the age of 21. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for editor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for editor
  1. columnist
  2. writer
  3. staffer
  4. novelist
  5. pen
  6. author
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
  • There’s an irony in this prominent liberal writer’s lack of interest in actual politics — in any kind of collective solidarity that might extend beyond the county line.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Nancy Slonim Aronie, a writer and artist friend on the Vineyard, had a more alarming experience after she was rushed to a hospital in Boston in January for open heart surgery.
    — Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of writer
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  • 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
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  • Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a down-on-her-luck ghost writer hired to complete a bestselling thriller series for the novelist Verity Crawford (Hathaway) after she is rendered comatose in an accident.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The tools of a novelist are totally different than the tools of a dramatist.
    — Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of novelist
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  • Nail Polish Pens Create your own nail art or tackle quick touch ups with precision polish pens that dry in about 60 seconds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators obtained phone metadata through a pen register, a surveillance tool that records information such as numbers contacted and the timing of calls, rather than the contents of conversations.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of pen
Noun
  • That figure is the first half of the show’s title, the activist, author, and playwright Larry Kramer, who co-founded Gay Men’s Health Crisis and ACT UP and was instrumental in bringing the AIDS crisis to public attention.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Steinbeck’s novel is largely centered around the Hamiltons (who emigrate from Ireland to the author’s beloved Salinas Valley) and the Trasks (who move to California from the East Coast).
    — Max Gao, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
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