copyreader

noun

Definition of copyreadernext
as in editor

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  1. editor
  2. columnist
  3. staffer
  4. sportswriter
Noun
  • Johnson is currently working on another small Canadian film, a true-story caper about a Vice editor’s side hustle as a drug-mule recruiter with Finn Wolfhard slated for the lead.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
  • Their hirings come two months after a shakeup at the storied program, led by the network’s new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of editor
Noun
  • The columnist has spent nearly two decades at the Times and is an author of numerous books.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • The new wave of hires comes after former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss became the program's new editor-in-chief.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of columnist
Noun
  • Or the convention center in Christchurch that became carbon zero because one young staffer started auditing the trash bins.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Gardner-Johnson also streamed himself donating $20,000 from his foundation to help a Bills staffer pay her student-loan debt.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of staffer
Noun
  • Longtime Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Dick Jerardi once likened the process to a basketball Ponzi scheme.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • In December a sportswriter published a column with an outright accusation of fixing the championship.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026
Definition of sportswriter
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“Copyreader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/copyreader. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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