Plural of copyreader; multiple editors who read and correct text for publication in newspapers, magazines, or publishing houses.
Copyreader (copy + read + -er) pluralized with -s; standard term for the department or group of copy editors in a newsroom.
The desk of copyreaders in a newspaper newsroom was a hive of intense activity—multiple editors racing against deadlines, flagging errors in real-time, and sometimes disagreeing fiercely about style choices that would affect thousands of readers.
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