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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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Dr Haid Haid, a Syrian columnist and consulting fellow at the London-based think tank Chatham House, said a "significant portion of the population" was worse off than before Assad's fall.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But as Heard on the Street columnist Jonathan Weil explains, that tap could turn off at any time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But our advice columnist Aditi Shrikant explains why influencers can still be useful, providing you take their recommendations with a grain of salt.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Some awards prognosticators, including Times columnist Glenn Whipp, have even debated whether “You Can See Everything” might have a stronger chance in the picture category than documentary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Red is not one of our great riders, but the only word he knows is yes,” wrote a columnist who didn’t know of Pollard’s blindness.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Below, some of the best analysis and insight from WSJ writers and columnists, the Dow Jones Newswires team and occasionally beyond, on investing, the wealth-management business and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Our columnists Anita Chabria and Mark Z. Barabak take a look at what the next few months, and the next year, may have in store after the governor becomes simply Mr. Newsom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

While there were established columnists like Walter Winchell, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, most articles in these magazines either went unbylined or were written under pseudonyms.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The consensus was that Seabiscuit should not have been started in the mud,” wrote Oscar Otis, echoing the words of many columnists.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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