magazine section

American  

noun

1. a magazinelike section in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, containing articles rather than news items and often letters, reviews, stories, puzzles, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of magazine section

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Each week, a motley crew — the section’s editor in chief and four assistant editors — provided five daily reviews for Style and filled the 16 pages of the Sunday “tab,” a stand-alone magazine section.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

He pitched a feature on Marvel to the editor of the Herald Tribune’s magazine section, James Bellows, and got it approved.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2021

One reason for that mainstreaming shift is hinted at by the magazine section in which that 1943 article appeared: music.

From Time • Apr. 20, 2015

It was an article better suited to, say, the magazine section.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2013

But he’d secretly have his cell phone set on speaker phone in his lap, and he’d call Katherine, who’d be hiding out in the magazine section.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix