How to Use op-ed in a Sentence

op-ed

noun
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  • An op-ed for the Guardian about the Black roots of country music.
    — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • There’s only so much the New York Times op-ed page can say to us.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The next day, an op-ed in the Harvard Crimson expressed support for the sit-in.
    — TIME, 10 May 2024
  • Frank wrote an op-ed two months before the 2018 rollback.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • But Pence in his op-ed alleged that Trump was no longer committed to the cause.
    — Margie Cullen, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Reich wrote in an op-ed for The Guardian published Monday.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Dixon made the news at the end of the op-ed, following an apology for the crimes that forced her from office.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Clooney has demurred on the role his op-ed might’ve played in Biden’s decision.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
  • For years, Ngo had worked behind the scenes for Wong, writing op-eds in his name and even editing his tweets.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The star herself wrote an op-ed in the New York Times calling for the protection of Black women.
    — Maria Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • At City Hall, Adams’s team printed out the op-ed and showed it to Honan and other reporters.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Southers second-guessed some aspects of the initiative in a 2017 Times op-ed.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • President Biden wrote an op-ed over the weekend making clear what the U.S. wants.
    — ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Birol first announced the projection in an op-ed for the Financial Times.
    — Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • George Clooney, in the op-ed heard ’round the world, disclosed that Biden’s frailty was real and unignorable and well known among high-level donors.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 27 July 2024
  • In a new op-ed for Fortune, French Gates explains exactly how that will work.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Swisher also had a short, high-profile run as a New York Times op-ed columnist.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Publishing an op-ed that my colleagues and peers disagree with is tough.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 11 Nov. 2023
  • That’s the question this Fortune op-ed asks and argues in the affirmative.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 23 June 2023
  • This new op-ed is worth reading, as the arguments are sound and original.
    — Bypeter Vanham, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Several of Sauers’ sketches appeared on the op-ed pages of The Baltimore Sun.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The op-ed received over 2,400 comments before the comments section was closed.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Chemerinsky also published an op-ed of his own, in the Los Angeles Times.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Arnn attempted to clarify in an op-ed in the Tennessean.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Reports said that Clooney made Obama aware of his op-ed, and Obama did not try to stop him from publishing.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 July 2024
  • A week later, Riley penned an op-ed expanding on that post.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The women had drafted an op-ed describing the fallout of the previous week.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Lots of op-eds and commentary more broadly from left and right about tips, and perhaps worse, the expectation of tips.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • President Joe Biden in an op-ed published Sunday said Americans should not forget the attack on their democracy or allow the history of that day to be rewritten.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In advance of being awarded the medal, Bono wrote an op-ed for The Atlantic on the relationship between humanitarianism, music, fame, and the pursuit of freedom.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Jan. 2025

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