editor

noun

Definition of editornext
1
as in columnist

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as in writer

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Recent Examples of editor Carley Rojas Ávila is an independent journalist and editor covering travel, cuisine, and culture across Latin America and the Caribbean. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026 Joining them is script editor, story consultant and executive producer Jack Casey (Wren Boys, White Girl), who is also a story consultant on Black Church Bay, which screens at this year’s LFF. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 Grover served as film editor on three 007 films — For Your Eyes Only (1981), The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) — and helped cut The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979) and Octopussy (1983). — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026 He was discovered by Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani as a teenager and received the Vivian Infantino Emerging Talent Award from Footwear News in 2016 at the age of 21. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for editor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for editor
  1. columnist
  2. writer
  3. staffer
  4. novelist
  5. pen
  6. author
Noun
  • The Times’ business columnist Michael Hiltzik did a convincing breakdown and rebuttal to Friedersdorf.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The voting panel includes myself, Blair Kerkhoff, Pete Grathoff and columnists Vahe Gregorian and Sam McDowell.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • Two Filipinos must fill above-the-line roles – director, writer or actor – and five more must work in key creative or technical crew positions.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The narrative and visual imagination on display is truly stunning, but they’re overshadowed by the genuine feeling in the screenplay crafted by director and Laika CEO Travis Knight and writer Chris Butler (ParaNorman, Missing Link).
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of writer
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  • Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White also star in the thriller about a Facebook staffer (Madison) working with a journalist (White) to expose concerning truths about the company.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The staffer spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • He was dressed like a director, in blacks and blues—jeans, baseball cap, puffer coat, Hokas—but spoke and moved at the unhurried pace of a novelist, his original vocation.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The competition was judged by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, novelist Neal Stephenson, Google‘s Mira Lane, Salesforce executive John Zissimos and ‘Star Trek’ steward Rod Roddenberry.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of novelist
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  • Rana, the former engineering student, carries nothing but a pen and a scrap of paper to her lessons.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The holding pens are divided into smaller units, used as offices, studios, cafes, clubs and restaurants.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • The film stars Masami Nagasawa as a free-spirited children’s author who invites her doting husband and secret girlfriend to enter into a three-way relationship of convenience, when both partners simultaneously express their desire to start a family.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • What readers are saying The conversation explores the personal journey of the author in managing OCD, with many participants expressing admiration for the author's self-awareness and bravery in seeking help.
    — Eva Jaber, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of author

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