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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Guest: Nilay Patel, co-founder and editor in chief of The Verge.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The hard part wasn’t deciding whether it belonged in a journal that I oversee as editor in chief.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

But in 1999, she was in her first job, assisting the magazine’s editor in chief, Anna Wintour, and helping to train the woman who would ultimately write the novel that became the film.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Andy Mills, Longview’s editor in chief, said the podcast initially offered anonymity to Moreno-Gama, but that “his own actions and online statements have since established a clear link between his pseudonym and his real identity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He asked Cara if he could have a column about slang, and the editor in chief said okay, as long as everything in the column had a G rating.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements