Op-Ed

[ op-ed ]

/ ˈɒpˌɛd /

noun

a newspaper page devoted to signed articles by commentators, essayists, humorists, etc., of varying viewpoints: the Op-Ed of today's New York Times.

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Also called Op-Ed page.

Origin of Op-Ed

1965–70, Americanism; op(posite) ed(itorial page)

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Example sentences from the Web for op-ed

Judie Brown, president of American Life League, penned an op-ed blasting the “obvious erection.”
When the Religious Right Attacked ‘The Little Mermaid’|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bowman had just written an op-ed for TheWashington Post detailing alleged sexual assaults by Cosby in the mid-1980s.
It’s Not Just Cosby: Hollywood’s Long List of Male Scumbags|Asawin Suebsaeng|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He did not tell his family until shortly before the op-ed came out.
America’s First Post-Gay Governor|David Freedlander|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jonathan Merritt, a popular religion writer, recently raised this question in an op-ed for The Week.
Is the Christian Music Industry Softening on Gays?|Matthew Paul Turner|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In January of this year, The New York Times published an op-ed titled “We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer.”
Are Routine Scans Causing Cancer?|Dale Eisinger|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for op-ed

op-ed

/ (ˈɒpˌɛd) /

noun

a page of a newspaper where varying opinions are expressed by columnists, commentators, etc
(as modifier)an op-ed column in the New York Times

Word Origin for op-ed

C20: from op (posite) ed (itorial page)

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