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as in amanuensis
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts
variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them
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as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings
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as in writer
a person who creates a written work
a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe
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Recent Examples of scribe
Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Previous scribes on the Rey story included Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Allen Millyard Veteran motorcycle scribe Roland Brown rode the Flying Millyard a few years back, and the story is well told.
—New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
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Noun
For example, only wealthy classes in ancient Mesopotamia could afford to have scribes write for them, according to the statement.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Previous scribes on the Rey story included Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
The screenplay is by David Coggeshall, who wrote action comedy The Family Plan for Apple, and Jonathan Tropper, the author and scribe who wrote the Ryan Reynolds action-adventure feature The Adam Project.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Allen Millyard Veteran motorcycle scribe Roland Brown rode the Flying Millyard a few years back, and the story is well told.
—New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribe
Noun
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The journalist’s tone was snarky, but there were some direct quotes from my father’s amanuenses.—
Sage Mehta,
The New Yorker,
7 Oct. 2024
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By Hillary Kelly The story goes that John Milton—who went blind in his early 40s—composed 20 lines of Paradise Lost in his mind each evening, and then repeated them aloud the next day to an assortment of amanuenses, among them his three daughters.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2024
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Find Out the Unique Name She Chose Off a Grave According to the German Personal Status Act, however, registrars must register the name and the gender of the child in the birth register, the Library of Congress Blogs reported.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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California law requires that ballots be counted as long as they are postmarked by election day and arrive at the registrar’s office within a week of the election.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Nov. 2024
Noun
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What about letter writers, who can be all over the place, sometimes in the same sentence?—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Times staff writer Josh Rottenberg contributed to this report.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Reset members will go onto the April 1 consolidated election, but no other candidates have filed.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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Complainant may request an administrative hearing with the Division of Administrative Hearings by filing a Petition for Relief within 35 days of the date the determination was signed by the Executive Director.—
Matthew Klein,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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The watercolor was recently rejected by specialists in 2020, who believe the copyist worked from a photograph of the work that was first published in 1904.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
4 Oct. 2024
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In an effort to thwart copyists, together these purist designers showed after the scheduled Fashion Week—and this was back when editors were still sailing to Paris from New York.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
16 Nov. 2023
Noun
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The New York man charged with what police said was a racially motivated attack of a Black hotel clerk in Mystic nearly four years ago has filed a lawsuit seeking $500,000 from his former lawyers.—
Greg Smith,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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According to the Will County circuit court clerk’s office, Czuba is scheduled for sentencing on May 2.—
Sophia Tareen and Melissa Perez Winder,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the petition, St. Clair said New York is the home state of the child, who goes by R.S.C. The author alleges in the petition that Musk is the father of the baby boy, who was born in September 2024 (the exact date has been redacted in the filing).—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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According to his author page on Simon & Schuster's website, the actor had two German shepherds.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ava flashes scratches on her forearm, courtesy of Isabella’s fingernails.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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So was Kyle Connor, who was scratched on Thursday for Chris Kreider, who played a second straight game.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribe. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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