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The term "editorial" appears in literature with a range of functions, from describing an authorial style to marking specific types of commentary. In some works, it denotes a spirited, sometimes overzealous interjection into the narrative ([1]), while in others it identifies a distinct section or voice that reflects collective judgment or opinion, as with newspaper columns and commentaries ([2], [3]). Authors have also used it metalinguistically to refer to the process of editorial alteration or note-taking ([4], [5]), and to criticize or satirize the biases of that very process ([6]). Moreover, the term sometimes extends to denote a persona or a subtle reminder of the collaborative nature of publishing, evidenced by references to editorial staffs and prefaces ([7], [8]). This diverse usage underscores how "editorial" has evolved in literature to signify both the act of editing and the expression of collective or authoritative commentary.
  1. In some other cases this editorial spirit has been over-meddlesome and has gone astray.
    — from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano
  2. Laura C. Holloway is upon the editorial staff of the Brooklyn Eagle .
    — from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
  3. The New York Herald (editorial), Sept. 12, 1852 .
    — from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
  4. Violent as it was, an editorial note witnesses that it was modified.
    — from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells
  5. [Pg 145] EDITORIAL NOTE TO POETRY
    — from Ecce Homo by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  6. Whether this was due to editorial prejudice against sex, or against freedom of religious belief, is unknown.
    — from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
  7. Translated from the French by H. P. Horton, with editorial preface by Edward Lindsey and with an introduction by Frank H. Norcross.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  8. For some time Mrs. Dall assisted in the editorial department.
    — from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I

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