copy editor
- a variation of copyeditor.
- a word derived from copy-edit.
Example Sentences
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Before joining the Journal, he was weekend editor and a senior copy editor at The Times and The Sunday Times in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
“I have been on strike for a third of my professional life,” said Erin Hebert, a 32-year-old copy editor at the Post-Gazette.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
Wilson was a reporter and copy editor working at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution when he made the case to report on Giovanni’s appearance in the city in 2007.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
If you’re a copy editor right now, obviously A.I. is a huge threat.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2024
Denise, the copy editor, has done all my books since Boys and Girls Together and she had never been as emotional in the margins with me before.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
