column inch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of column inch
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Whitaker, a British immigrant with an ailing husband, started writing for the paper in 1910 for the rate of 15 cents per column inch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
His long career of unsurpassed professionalism has revealed, column inch by column inch, the character of a craftsman devoted to excellence.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
And so they are like the last two soldiers at Masada, besieged but uncowed, fighting doom column inch by column inch.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 12, 2015
Kirk Douglas plays a thoroughly unscrupulous reporter who keeps a man trapped in a cave to milk every column inch out of a terrific story.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2010
Twenty-five cents a column inch on this sheet.
From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John
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