often capitalized O&E, often attributive
: a page of special features usually opposite the editorial page of a newspaper
also : a feature on such a page

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Dudek said the administration asked him to write the op-ed and then vetted it. Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025 The power of ‘arraigo’ Cultural anthropologist Yarimar Bonilla captured this ambivalence in her July 20, 2025, op-ed in the Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día. Héctor M. Varela Rios, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025 On Thursday, at a contentious hearing before the Senate finance committee, Kennedy accused Monarez of lying, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, about why she was fired. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025 Kennedy penned an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday defending the leadership overhaul at the CDC, vowing to refocus the agency, and arguing voters gave Trump a mandate to make such changes. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for op-ed

Word History

Etymology

short for opposite editorial

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of op-ed was in 1970

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“Op-ed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/op-ed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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