advice column
noun
US
: an article in a newspaper or magazine that offers advice to people who write to ask for help with a problem
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That’s right, the world’s drunkest advice column that also would like to give you a book recommendation.
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Kristen Arnett
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Tell me everything Merve Emre on the history of the advice column.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Inventing the Advice Column (Literary Hub) by Mary Beth Norton
The first personal advice column, written in the seventeenth century, quickly became popular with men and women around England.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 29 Apr. 2025
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 2 June 2025
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Kristen Arnett
july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Tell me everything Merve Emre on the history of the advice column.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Inventing the Advice Column (Literary Hub) by Mary Beth Norton
The first personal advice column, written in the seventeenth century, quickly became popular with men and women around England.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 29 Apr. 2025
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 2 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for advice column
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“Advice column.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advice%20column. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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