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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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“You simply can’t overstate how much damage this has done to Scotland’s international reputation and to the entire independence movement,” said Kevin McKenna, a columnist for the Herald newspaper in Glasgow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“I know a lot of people who are disappointed,” said Meghan Daum, an L.A. writer and podcaster and former Los Angeles Times columnist who endorsed Pratt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

As Mark Hulbert, a columnist for MarketWatch, explained recently, there is not stable relationship between geopolitical risk and gold’s price.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

In contrast, when he faced the cameras after Trump told him to cancel his plans to attack Beirut on Monday, the leading Israeli newspaper columnist Ben Caspit said he looked like a deflated balloon.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

A tearful woman told columnist Teresa Dean, “The good-by is as sad as any I have known in all the years that I have lived.”

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




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