op-ed

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations

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• Op-Ed

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Abbreviation for “opposite the editorial” (often incorrectly thought to be abbreviation for opinion/editorial).

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op-ed (plural op-eds)

1. A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page.

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op-ed (comparative more op-ed, superlative most op-ed)

1. Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.
   • 2009/05/08, William Safire, Choice or Necessity

     The question was probably bottomed on a combination of phrases in a Washington Post op-ed article that appeared not three months before by Richard Haass, who was a foreign-policy adviser in both Bush administrations and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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