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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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"Nowhere else in the world is like this," wrote Toronto-based columnist Chris Selley in the National Post last week.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Times columnist Patt Morrison, Smoglandia traces the rise, impact, and retreat of the city’s most insidious pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

This new album "feels like a love letter to their home country," said Jeff Benjamin, Billboard's K-pop columnist, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Plus, the Iran war enters new phase with attacks on energy infrastructure, and what our tech columnist wishes he’d known about EVs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“All of us are happy to call him our Ace of Space,” wrote a columnist in the Pittsburgh Courier.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly