copyeditor
noun
a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, especially to find and correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar.
copy editor
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a variation of
copyeditor.
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a word derived from
copy-edit.
copy-editverbjournalism to prepare (copy) for printing by styling, correcting, etc
Example Sentences
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Prior to that, he was a copy editor at The Star-Ledger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
A retired Los Angeles Times copy editor began researching the Black Dahlia murder case in the late 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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
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
