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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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Based on his own experience buying a used car, columnist Christopher Mims explains how to hunt for deals, check a vehicle’s battery health and avoid the lemons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Consider this: Last week, New York Times columnist David French sat down with Gorsuch himself to interview him about the children’s book the justice has published in advance of America’s 250th birthday.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

“For me, it ended in the ‘40s,” Reed told former Times columnist Patrick Goldstein in 2003.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

And what happens when a columnist screws up like this?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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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