OP-ED Definition & Meaning

Op-Ed

or op-ed

[ op-ed ]

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noun

Also called Op-Ed page,. a newspaper page devoted to signed articles by commentators, essayists, humorists, etc., of varying viewpoints:
the Op-Ed of today's New York Times.
an article written for this page:
The governor was very upset when an Op-Ed criticized the corruption in her circle of advisors and appointees.

op-ed

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noun

1. a page of a newspaper where varying opinions are expressed by columnists, commentators, etc
2. ( as modifier )
  an op-ed column in the New York Times

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Op-Ed¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1920–25; abbreviation of op(posite) ed(itorial page), from its placement in the print newspaper

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Op-Ed¹

C20: from op ( posite ) ed ( itorial page )

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Example Sentences

It is unclear what Khalil’s role was in the Columbia University protests beyond serving as a negotiator for pro-Palestinian students, or what Ozturk has done beyond co-authoring a 2024 op-ed in her school newspaper questioning Tufts University’s refusal to divest from companies with ties to Israel.

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On January 4, The Atlantic published an op-ed titled “Americans Need to Party More.”

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“Joyful association in the public domain is far better than watching television in our lifeless subdivisions,” Oldenburg proclaimed in a 2014 New York Times op-ed.

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Last June, John McWhorter wrote a New York Times op-ed column that took issue with the idea of a production reconceiving Rose as a Black character.

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Until March 25, 2025, Rumeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University graduate student from Turkey, might have assumed that when she wrote an op-ed in the school’s newspaper critical of her school's failure to stand up for the human rights of Palestinians, she was doing what people in the United States were free to do.

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