How to Use copy editor in a Sentence
copy editor
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In 2012, the Post laid off two-thirds of its copy editors.
—Dan Gartland, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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Dunne came to The Courant in 1989, starting as copy editor.
—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 25 June 2021
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His mother, Gladys, worked as a copy editor at the New York Times.
—Howie Kahn, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2018
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She was set to start as a copy editor for The Washington Post.
—Dan Morse, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
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Whisler has been a reporter and copy editor at the Express-News since 1995.
—John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2023
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Discharged with the rank of lieutenant junior grade in 1966, he was then hired by The Sun as a copy editor.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
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Terhune started at The Times in 2015 as a copy editor on the morning desk.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
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The copy editor that copy edited The Wheel of Time books was my copy editor.
—Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
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Erikson had been an on-call copy editor in the newsroom since 2017.
—Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
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His mother was a longtime copy editor at The New York Times.
—Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 8 June 2018
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In the following days, the copy editor said, Mr. Cohen turned cold.
—Jane Bradley, New York Times, 30 May 2023
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The copy editor was fired shortly after, the report says.
—Josh Dawsey, Devlin Barrett, Rosalind S. Helderman and Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2023
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Garcia-Ruiz joined the Washington Post as a night copy editor in 1987.
—Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2020
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Amy Kuebelbeck joined the Star Tribune as a copy editor in 2018.
—Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2020
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Cortinas had been an on-call copy editor at The Chronicle since 2019.
—Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
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The copy editors are the unsung heroes of journalism, the thin black ink line between chaos and order.
—Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 25 June 2018
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Back in the days when newspapers still employed copy editors, the job was devoid of prestige.
—John E. McIntyre, baltimoresun.com, 13 July 2018
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He was hired to start up High School Insider as a producer and copy editor.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
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Miguel Castro, a sports copy editor, died at 40, proving once again that cancer sucks.
—ExpressNews.com, 3 Aug. 2019
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One of my favorite stories is from Dave Smith, who began as a night copy editor in sports and went on to hold other editing roles.
—New York Times, 28 June 2022
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As a copy editor trying to enforce this usage, I might be considered a massive pain in the ass.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019
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Maggie designs Star Tribune Opinion’s print pages and is a copy editor for the section as well.
—Scott Gillespie, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
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Perez is a reporter and copy editor for her school newspaper, the Shorewood Ripple.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
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This week’s contestant is Slate copy editor Dawnthea Price.
—Ray Hamel, Slate Magazine, 13 Jan. 2017
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Other team members did better: copy editor Tasha Zemke used the newfound time to run errands and hang with her teenage daughter.
—Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 7 Feb. 2022
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Cobb was the copy editor, and all of the staff acted as photographers, models and curators.
—Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 1 May 2020
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These skills landed them the position of yearbook copy editor as a freshman.
—Sandeep Brijesh Pillai, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
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As chief copy editor for BuzzFeed, Favilla’s at the sharp edge of online editing.
—John Simpson, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2017
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Nearly a third of the cuts came from news operations, web producers and copy editor ranks.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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This week’s contestant is copy editor and writer Heather Schwedel.
—Ray Hamel, Slate Magazine, 24 Mar. 2017
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