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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“Adopting the Russian flag is a way for the dark fleet to be supposedly protected from raids,” said Richard Meade, editor in chief of Lloyd’s List, a shipping report.

From The Wall Street Journal

Laura was editor in chief of a style magazine, but in 2022 herself and her team were laid off after her firm closed the print version of the magazine.

From BBC

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