advice column
noun
a piece of writing in a newspaper consisting of questions or problems people have and the answers or advice given by the columnist
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noun
a piece of writing in a newspaper consisting of questions or problems people have and the answers or advice given by the columnist
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a piece of writing about a particular subject that is published in a newspaper or magazine
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photographs of women wearing no clothes or very few clothes, printed in magazines, books, etc. and designed to be sexually attractive
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a short advertisement that you put in a newspaper, for example so that you can sell something
noun
a regular newspaper or magazine article on a particular subject or by a particular reporter
a newspaper column written by a woman who gives advice about people’s problems. People sometimes say they feel like Dear Abby when other people ask them for advice.
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a piece of news that is published or reported by only one newspaper, magazine, television station, etc.
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a story in a newspaper or on television that tells the truth about a person or situation, usually with the intention of shocking or surprising you
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the section of a newspaper that contains the comic strips (=series of drawings that tell a story)
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an article that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine and gives details of the private lives of famous people. Someone who writes a gossip column is called a gossip columnist.
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one of several parts of a story or article that are published at different times in a magazine or newspaper
the British spelling of installment
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the most important story on the front page of a newspaper, or the first piece of news on a news broadcast
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a section of information in a newspaper or magazine that gives its name, the names of its officers, how many copies are printed, etc.
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an article that gives someone’s opinion of a new movie, play, etc., especially in a newspaper.
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a report in a newspaper that announces someone’s death and gives a short description of their life and achievements
adjective
an op-ed piece of writing is one that expresses someone’s opinion and is printed on the page opposite the editorials (=articles giving the newspaper’s official opinions)
noun
a short advertisement put in a newspaper or magazine by someone who is looking for friendship or a sexual or romantic relationship
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a report in a newspaper or magazine that praises something such as a movie or show in a very enthusiastic way
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a newspaper report about a shocking event, or a report that describes something in a deliberately shocking way
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the amount of space that is available for publishing something such as an article or advertisement
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a small advertisement that you put in a newspaper if you want to give someone a job, buy something, etc.
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an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the writer’s opinion about something such as a new book, play, or movie
a magazine that is part of a newspaper, especially a Sunday newspaper
a romantic relationship between two members of the cast of a play, film or television series
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