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editorialist

American  
[ed-i-tawr-ee-uhl-ist] / ˌɛd ɪˈtɔr i əl ɪst /

noun

  1. a person who writes or delivers editorials, such as for a newspaper or news broadcast.

  2. a person who tends to make lengthy, dogmatic statements.


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The editorialist argues over what the facts mean and why they matter.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

So often others say it better, so this newspaper editorialist will bow to their advantage.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 22, 2020

Instead, he supported Langston’s white opponent, a former Confederate, prompting one editorialist to charge Douglass with “a vain sacrifice of race to the fetish of party and personal pique.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2020

At the height of the 2010 Texas curriculum controversy, Jonathan Zimmerman, a historian of education and an indefatigable editorialist, suggested that teachers pair A People’s History with one of its conservative counterparts and teach both.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2018

He'd been, at best, an anguished editorialist; he was incapable of fully indulging himself when it came to condemnation.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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