magazine section

noun

1. a magazinelike section in the Sunday editions of many newspapers, containing articles rather than news items and often letters, reviews, stories, puzzles, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of magazine section¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Each week, a motley crew — the section’s editor in chief and four assistant editors — provided five daily reviews for Style and filled the 16 pages of the Sunday “tab,” a stand-alone magazine section.

From Washington Post

The New York Daily News reprinted the score of every game, and The New York Times ran an article on the cover of its Sunday Magazine section, and then a news story on its front page the following day.

From Literature

He pitched a feature on Marvel to the editor of the Herald Tribune’s magazine section, James Bellows, and got it approved.

From Slate

Its demise — for those who were aware of it — was likely not a great surprise; the magazine section has not been visible in the Play Store for about a year.

From The Verge

There’s a Seattle Sunday Times magazine section from Jan. 30, 1921 with its cover showing an illustration of the Metropolitans and Vancouver playing at the Seattle Arena.

From Seattle Times