copy editor

Example Sentences

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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

ChatGPT does, however, need a human copy editor.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

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