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Meaning of column inch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One inch of a printed column; a measure of space allocated.

Equivalents

Suomi palstamillimetri

Examples

“... advertisements, $40 per column inch per year.”
“One mass-circulation Sunday newspaper recently devoted several column inches to an unnecessary weekend working from Stratford to the Essex coast to provide⟳ empty stock⟳ for an up service that had ceased its high summer running the previous Saturday.”
“Train⟳ operating companies get⟳ plenty of column inches in the tabloids, usually for negative reasons. Happily, Southeastern is worthy of praise⟳ for having made The Sun for something positive.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

column shifter column space column still column stinkhorn column vector columnal

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