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thinkpiece

British  
/ ˈθɪŋkˌpiːs /

noun

  1. a newspaper or magazine article expressing the writer's thoughts or opinions about a particular matter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Portia didn't ask him to respond with a thinkpiece.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2022

Toxic masculinity may be a buzzword of this era — but David Fincher and Pitt took the concept on two decades ago more concisely than any thinkpiece can manage.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2019

Whoever they are—lefty tweeters, emerging critics, the thinkpiece industry, or millennials and Gen Z at large—I’m probably a member.

From Slate • Oct. 5, 2018

I would expose myself as a po-faced liberal who takes life’s every joy and turns it into a thinkpiece.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2017

I was due for a check next week for a thinkpiece about salmon farming, but until then I was down to my last $100.

From The Verge • Sep. 13, 2015