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columnist

[kol-uhm-nist, -uh-mist] / ˈkɒl əm nɪst, -ə mɪst /
NOUN
journalist
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It was a post-#MeToo law, the Adult Survivors Act, that allowed the journalist and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll to bring her civil sexual abuse case against Trump.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Eventually, Anderson got to the second issue that had prompted the lunch: How to deal with Times columnist TJ Simers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

And one Sydney Morning Herald columnist proclaimed: "Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM."

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Our columnist sounds off on the ways hotels can up their game on everything from room lighting to oversize towels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

By age twelve, I was a devotee of the political columnist Mary McGrory and the muckraker Jack Anderson.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove