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Editorial

Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.

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Broader term 1

Article 76% connected

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Editor 74% connected

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Editor 74% connected

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 2

Newspaper 70% connected

A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public prin…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Paper 70% connected

A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wo…

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Pertains to 1

Editor 66% connected

One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Column 92% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Feature noun · 86% connection

a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning"

Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Research methods, Academic publishing, Genre.
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Reprint noun · 86% connection

a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

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Separate noun · 86% connection

a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

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Interview verb · 85% connection

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Research methods, Journalism.
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Question verb · 85% connection

conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

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Genre noun · 78% connection

a style of expressing yourself in writing

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Literary genre noun · 78% connection

a style of expressing yourself in writing

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Nonfiction noun · 78% connection

prose writing that is not fictional

Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Genre.
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Writing style noun · 78% connection

a style of expressing yourself in writing

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Abstract adjective · 78% connection

existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like ‘truth’ and ‘justice’"

Used in the same subject area: Research methods, Academic publishing.
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Account noun · 78% connection

a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was g…

Used in the same subject area: Media and communication, Journalism.
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Acknowledgment noun · 78% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Author verb · 78% connection

be the author of; "She authored this play"

Used in the same subject area: Research methods, Academic publishing.
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Bibliography noun · 78% connection

a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a…

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Citation noun · 78% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Cite noun · 78% connection

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citatio…

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Coverage noun · 78% connection

the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations"

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Authorized adjective · 78% connection

Sanctioned by authority.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Caret noun · 78% connection

a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Circuit noun · 78% connection

A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.

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Code noun · 78% connection

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systemat…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Colaborer noun · 78% connection

One who labors with another; an associate in labor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Commentation noun · 78% connection

The result of the labors of a commentator.

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Conventional adjective · 78% connection

Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Cooperator noun · 78% connection

One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end.

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Cyclopean adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean arc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Drone verb · 78% connection

One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Edition noun · 78% connection

A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Editioner noun · 78% connection

An editor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Editorially adverb · 78% connection

In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.

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Editorship noun · 78% connection

The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Editress noun · 78% connection

A female editor.

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Exhausting adjective · 78% connection

Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Hercules noun · 78% connection

A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twel…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, editor, written, sanctioned, labors.
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Idiom noun · 78% connection

An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usag…

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