Definitions

editor in chief

NOUN

person in charge of the editorial staff

Synonyms

WEAK

editorial director executive editor managing editor senior editor

Example Sentences

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Another editor in chief might have held back the story for all the editorial reasons Ms. Weiss has cited.

From The Wall Street Journal

Inside Vanity Fair, a new editor in chief is doing damage control for the attention now fixed on one of his most high-profile hires.

From The Wall Street Journal

She became the publication’s second editor in chief, and the second Black person ever to hold that title under the publishing giant Condé Nast.

From Salon

“Luxury now is about going beyond clothes and accessories — it’s about connecting customers to a world they can step into,” says Dora Fung, editor in chief of 10 Magazine USA, an independent luxury publication.

From Los Angeles Times

“I don’t remember a scandal like this,” says Ingrid Seward, editor in chief of Majesty magazine.

From The Wall Street Journal