How to Use copy editor in a Sentence

copy editor

noun
  • What, did a copy editor write this?
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 16 June 2026
  • The real stars are the Ars copy editors helping make sure our stories don't use the wrong names.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 31 May 2024
  • Erikson had been an on-call copy editor in the newsroom since 2017.
    — Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
  • Back in the days when newspapers still employed copy editors, the job was devoid of prestige.
    — John E. McIntyre, baltimoresun.com, 13 July 2018
  • She was set to start as a copy editor for The Washington Post.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
  • These skills landed them the position of yearbook copy editor as a freshman.
    — Sandeep Brijesh Pillai, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
  • His mother, Gladys, worked as a copy editor at the New York Times.
    — Howie Kahn, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2018
  • There was one entry that stuck out to me as someone who has been a copy editor for essentially her whole career.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 20 June 2026
  • The copy editors are the unsung heroes of journalism, the thin black ink line between chaos and order.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 25 June 2018
  • Nearly a third of the cuts came from news operations, web producers and copy editor ranks.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • Miguel Castro, a sports copy editor, died at 40, proving once again that cancer sucks.
    — ExpressNews.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • The copy editor that copy edited The Wheel of Time books was my copy editor.
    — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
  • As a copy editor trying to enforce this usage, I might be considered a massive pain in the ass.
    — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Cobb was the copy editor, and all of the staff acted as photographers, models and curators.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 1 May 2020
  • He was hired to start up High School Insider as a producer and copy editor.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Whisler has been a reporter and copy editor at the Express-News since 1995.
    — John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Aghast at a foolish and quickly infamous mistake, one Free Press copy editor was ashamed to even come to work.
    — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Perez is a reporter and copy editor for her school newspaper, the Shorewood Ripple.
    — Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
  • One of my favorite stories is from Dave Smith, who began as a night copy editor in sports and went on to hold other editing roles.
    — New York Times, 28 June 2022
  • Terhune started at The Times in 2015 as a copy editor on the morning desk.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The purist in question was Margaret Mutch, a longtime copy editor and proofreader.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Maggie designs Star Tribune Opinion’s print pages and is a copy editor for the section as well.
    — Scott Gillespie, Star Tribune, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Cortinas had been an on-call copy editor at The Chronicle since 2019.
    — Sfchronicle Pr, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
  • Discharged with the rank of lieutenant junior grade in 1966, he was then hired by The Sun as a copy editor.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
  • As chief copy editor for BuzzFeed, Favilla’s at the sharp edge of online editing.
    — John Simpson, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2017
  • Marketing copy editors scribble it.
    — Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Garcia-Ruiz joined the Washington Post as a night copy editor in 1987.
    — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Amy Kuebelbeck joined the Star Tribune as a copy editor in 2018.
    — Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2020
  • These absorbing sentences, whose endless commas are a copy editor’s nightmare, would seem to defy adaptation into film.
    — Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Creel, a project administrator and copy editor, posted the video after Gaga made a public call for auditions for a fan music video set to the song.
    — Rachel McRady, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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