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copy editor

NOUN

newsman/newswoman

Synonyms

WEAK

anchor anchor man/woman anchor person announcer columnist correspondent cub editor foreign correspondent ink slinger interviewer investigative reporter journalist legman/woman newscaster newshound newspaperman/woman newswriter pressman/woman stringer war correspondent writer

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She worked as a copy editor in Philadelphia.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Before joining the Journal, he was weekend editor and a senior copy editor at The Times and The Sunday Times in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 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’re a copy editor right now, obviously A.I. is a huge threat.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2024

He clung tight to the copy editor as they wove through Washington traffic to the Post building.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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