editor in chief

noun phrase

: an editor who heads an editorial staff

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The organization was started by Lindsay Peoples, The Cut’s editor in chief and the consultant Sandrine Charles. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025 February 2025 Issue: A New Generation of Designers Global editorial director and U.S. editor in chief Amy Astley reveals what’s in store for the February issue By Amy Astley Travel The 18 Best Cities to Live in the USA Did your hometown make the cut? Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2025 Holden Thorp, the editor in chief of Science and a former university chancellor and provost, told me that many schools could weather these disruptions without issue: A university with a big hospital, for example, might use clinical revenue to offset uncompensated research costs. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2025 Rod Pyle Rod Pyle is an author, journalist, television producer and editor in chief of Ad Astra magazine for the National Space Society. John Kross, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for editor in chief 

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

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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 19 Feb. 2025.

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