columnist
noun
col·um·nist
ˈkä-ləm-nist 
-lə-mist,
also ˈkäl-yəm-nist,
-yə-mist
: one who writes a newspaper or magazine column
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Vahe Gregorian The Kansas City Star 816-234-4868 Vahe Gregorian has been a sports columnist for The Kansas City Star since 2013 after 25 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
After Trump's announcement this week, Ron Lieber, the Your Money columnist for The New York Times, warned that this is not the time for panic-buying.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Philip Martin has been a columnist and critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 1993.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
Utah has become a hateful place, guest columnist ML Cavanaugh writes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2025
After Trump's announcement this week, Ron Lieber, the Your Money columnist for The New York Times, warned that this is not the time for panic-buying.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Philip Martin has been a columnist and critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 1993.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
Utah has become a hateful place, guest columnist ML Cavanaugh writes.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Columnist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/columnist. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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columnist
noun
col·um·nist
ˈkäl-əm-(n)əst
: a person who writes a newspaper or magazine column
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