Meaning & use
thinkpiece
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An article or essay offering the writer's personal analysis or opinion on a topic, rather than straightforward news reporting.
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The magazine published a lengthy thinkpiece on the future of remote work.
Her thinkpiece about social media sparked heated debate online.
A note on using this word
A relatively modern coinage in journalism, sometimes used with mild derision to describe overly speculative or self-indulgent commentary.
Words with a similar meaning
opinion pieceessay
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Words with an opposite meaning
news report
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