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copy editor

 noun
     
Related topics: Occupations, Newspapers, Publishing
copy editor [countable]
TCNBO someone whose job is to make sure that the words in a book, newspaper etc are correct and ready to be printed
—copy-edit verb [intransitive and transitive]
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