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== Evolution of terminology == In April 2021, ''New York Times'' opinion editor [[Kathleen Kingsbury]] announced the retirement of the term "op-ed" in favor of the more precise term "guest essay".<ref name="Kingsbury">{{cite news |last1=Kingsbury |first1=Kathleen |title=Why The New York Times Is Retiring the Term βOp-Edβ |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/opinion/nyt-opinion-oped-redesign.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> The main reason was that in the modern digital world in which millions of readers only read the ''Times'' online, it no longer made sense to speak of an article running "opposite the editorial page".<ref name="Kingsbury" /> In Kingsbury's words: "It is a relic of an older age and an older print newspaper design".<ref name="Kingsbury" />
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