op-ed

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

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Singular
op-ed

Plural
op-eds

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)

Positive
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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