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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In recent weeks, there has been a spate of think pieces about the N.B.A.’s crisis of cool. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 15 June 2025 The premiere in April 2017 spawned a thousand think pieces. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 28 May 2025 Every interaction between them is not a think piece. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025 Netflix’s big play for April, at least in terms of social media interaction and inspiring a thousand columns and think pieces about our coming dystopia, is the seventh season of its sci-fi tech horror anthology Black Mirror. Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for think piece

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First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of think piece was in 1941

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“Think piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20piece. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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