THINK PIECE Definition & Meaning

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think piece

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noun

Journalism. Also called dope story. an article, as in a magazine or journal, analyzing and giving the background of a news event or public issue, usually with the author's opinions: Compare editorial, news story.
Our assessments in this think piece are inherently subjective.
an artistic work, film, etc., that stimulates thought and discussion:
a cinematic think piece on the meaning of “heroism.”

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of think piece¹

First recorded in 1940–45

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Idioms and Phrases

An article that presents news analysis, background material, and the author's opinions, as in Her goal was to write think pieces but the editor kept assigning crime stories . [c. 1940]

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Throw in the sheer tonnage of think pieces and appreciations and other navel-gazing and you’d be forgiven for asking: Do we also need a book about Lorne Michaels?

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Whatever happens Sunday, the think pieces are coming.

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Expect plenty of hot takes, including a barrage of think pieces, seeing as, in this telling, the Wizard is an authoritarian leader using scapegoating to prey on — and stoke — people’s fears.

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The system is very clearly designed so that if I have a moment of universal acclaim, then a think piece on the other side comes out.

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Like every other book, film, TV show or think piece that attempts to say something about motherhood, “Nightbitch” will be polarizing.

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