editor in chief

noun phrase

: an editor who heads an editorial staff

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Jeffrey Goldberg, the Atlantic magazine’s editor in chief, was mistakenly added to the text chain and revealed that Trump’s team used it to discuss the precise timing of the operation, aircraft used to carry out the strikes and more. Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2025 Waltz, Trump and others have given vague and at times conflicting accounts of exactly how Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the chat on the encrypted messaging app Signal. Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025 This week, The Atlantic reported that Trump officials shared military-attack plans in a Signal group chat and inadvertently included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. The Editors, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2025 But the high-level hopes expressed in the Signal chat, which became public after The Atlantic’s editor in chief was inadvertently added to it, could collide with reality. Peter Eavis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for editor in chief

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of editor in chief was in 1810

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“Editor in chief.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/editor%20in%20chief. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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