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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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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

There’s inevitable trepidation surrounding the release of the impossible-to-Google Us, writer-director Jordan Peele’s follow-up to Get Out, a film that was a box office smash, a thinkpiece generator, an Oscar-winner and a cultural phenomenon.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 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

Her career was an IRL thinkpiece, and assuming the role of a cyborg supercop seemed like the next logical step.

From The Verge • May 9, 2016

You can tell by the fact that every backlash thinkpiece starts off with thoroughly explaining that the author of said thinkpiece agrees that Cecil’s death was an atrocity and the hunter should go to prison.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2015

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