think piece
noun
: a piece of writing meant to be thought-provoking and speculative that consists chiefly of background material and personal opinion and analysis
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Since then, think pieces have popped up across the internet about the validity of Roan’s call to action.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Look at the Pentagon's J-books, the online think pieces and where elite units are splurging.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Since then it’s racked up more than 1 billion streams on Spotify and YouTube, led to think pieces about race in the Atlantic and the New Yorker and inspired at least one brass band to turn the song into an attack on former President Donald Trump.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2024
These disparities are all meaningful and measurable, but a difference of 10 percentage points and six minutes, respectively, is probably not enough to power a series of think pieces about how men’s refusal to read is a national crisis.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Look at the Pentagon's J-books, the online think pieces and where elite units are splurging.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Since then it’s racked up more than 1 billion streams on Spotify and YouTube, led to think pieces about race in the Atlantic and the New Yorker and inspired at least one brass band to turn the song into an attack on former President Donald Trump.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2024
These disparities are all meaningful and measurable, but a difference of 10 percentage points and six minutes, respectively, is probably not enough to power a series of think pieces about how men’s refusal to read is a national crisis.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Think piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20piece. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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