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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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With the fall festivals in the books, awards columnist Glenn Whipp surveys the landscape and offers his first bold prediction of the 10 best picture nominees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Tech columnist Nicole Nguyen tested five of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Next was my friend Ezra Dyer, a columnist with Car and Driver, who donated the use of his beach house, his 21-foot power boat and his weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“Ditka was proud and headstrong,” wrote former Times sports columnist Mike Downey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“We look like fools to our friends,” wrote a New York Times columnist, “rascals to our enemies and incompetents to the rest.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

But was anyone watching beyond my fellow columnists Gustavo Arellano and Steve Lopez?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

He manages an award-winning team of columnists and reporters who cover technology in our lives and our businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

And much like Parsons, Hopper, and the other established columnists of the fan magazine era, there’s a push towards utilizing these same studios to further one’s brand.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

MarketWatch columnists Edd and Cynthia Staton write often about living abroad.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Even so, the social columnists still did not write about his wife’s dresses when he and she attended the opera, the way they described the nightly couture of mesdames Palmer, Pullman, and Armour.

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


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