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Op-Ed

[ op-ed ]

/ ˈɒpˌɛd /

noun

a newspaper page devoted to signed articles by commentators, essayists, humorists, etc., of varying viewpoints: the Op-Ed of today's New York Times.

Also called Op-Ed page.

Origin of Op-Ed

1965–70, Americanism; op(posite) ed(itorial page)

Example sentences from the Web for op-ed

Judie Brown, president of American Life League, penned an op-ed blasting the “obvious erection.”

When the Religious Right Attacked ‘The Little Mermaid’ |Asawin Suebsaeng |November 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Bowman had just written an op-ed for TheWashington Post detailing alleged sexual assaults by Cosby in the mid-1980s.

It’s Not Just Cosby: Hollywood’s Long List of Male Scumbags |Asawin Suebsaeng |November 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He did not tell his family until shortly before the op-ed came out.

America’s First Post-Gay Governor |David Freedlander |October 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Jonathan Merritt, a popular religion writer, recently raised this question in an op-ed for The Week.

Is the Christian Music Industry Softening on Gays? |Matthew Paul Turner |October 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In January of this year, The New York Times published an op-ed titled “We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer.”

Are Routine Scans Causing Cancer? |Dale Eisinger |September 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for op-ed

op-ed

/ (ˈɒpˌɛd) /

noun

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

Word Origin for op-ed

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