copy editor
Example Sentences
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Prior to that, he was a copy editor at the Star-Ledger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“I have been on strike for a third of my professional life,” said Erin Hebert, a 32-year-old copy editor at the Post-Gazette.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
If you want to call yourself an “independent press” show me your copy editor first.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024
In my usual job as a copy editor for this newspaper, I tend to cast a skeptical eye on a writer’s use of the word “ecstatic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
“You mean all the whos, whats, whys, whens, and wheres? Yes, I suppose I have. And thanks to the Depression, I’ve also been promoted to copy editor, typesetter, and coffee maker extraordinaire.”
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
