advice column
noun
US
: an article in a newspaper or magazine that offers advice to people who write to ask for help with a problem
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Dear Life Kit is NPR's advice column, where experts answer tricky questions about relationships, social etiquette, work culture and more.
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Andee Tagle, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a new framework for thinking through your ethical dilemmas and philosophical questions.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Chat glossary Show more By Carolyn Hax Carolyn Hax started her Washington Post advice column in 1997, after five years on the Style desk and none as a therapist.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Cheryl Strayed comes out as Dear Sugar In March 2010, Cheryl Strayed anonymously took over the Rumpus’s advice column, Dear Sugar, from her friend Steven Almond.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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Andee Tagle, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a new framework for thinking through your ethical dilemmas and philosophical questions.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
Chat glossary Show more By Carolyn Hax Carolyn Hax started her Washington Post advice column in 1997, after five years on the Style desk and none as a therapist.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
Cheryl Strayed comes out as Dear Sugar In March 2010, Cheryl Strayed anonymously took over the Rumpus’s advice column, Dear Sugar, from her friend Steven Almond.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
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“Advice column.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advice%20column. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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