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Op-Ed

[op-ed]
–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:
1965–70, Americanism; op(posite) ed(itorial page)
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op-ed or Op-Ed   (ŏp'ěd')   
adj.  Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints.

[op(posite) + ed(itorial).]
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Word Origin & History

op-ed 
1970, page of a newspaper opposite the editorial page, usually devoted to personal opinion columns. The thing itself pioneered by the Pulitzers in the New York "World."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Op-Ed
opposite the editorial page
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