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.
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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
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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
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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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