as in author
a person who creates a written work
a writer who is still trying to get published
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Recent Examples of writer
Matthew Scott Kane and David Goodman served as writers and executive producers.
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
According to Deadline, the show is looking to begin a writer's room, meaning the streamer and the studios — 20th Television and Searchlight TV — think the pilot could be greenlit into a series.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
That has always naturally appealed to me and has been one of the most exciting aspects of chatting directly with writers.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Every credit card article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of credit card products.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 5 Feb. 2025
According to Deadline, the show is looking to begin a writer's room, meaning the streamer and the studios — 20th Television and Searchlight TV — think the pilot could be greenlit into a series.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
That has always naturally appealed to me and has been one of the most exciting aspects of chatting directly with writers.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Every credit card article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of credit card products.
—Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
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Searches for gambling help increased 22% in 2022, 25% in 2023 and 31% through the first 6 months of 2024, according to John Ayers, lead author and vice chief of innovation at University of California, San Diego school of medicine.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to NASA policy, and author of two books: Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX; and Reentry, on the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
17 Feb. 2025
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When the teens travel to Capri for a summer getaway, Parthenope develops a chance bond with one of her favorite authors, real-life novelist John Cheever, played by Gary Oldman.—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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On Boxing Day, 2022, Kureishi, a novelist and screenwriter, experienced an accident that left him tetraplegic.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Larson will win it behind the strength of Hendrick Motorsports, the New York Yankees of NASCAR — setting him up for another championship-contending Cup season and leaving all motorsport storytellers despondent, wondering what could’ve been.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Feb. 2025
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The writer of the issue was Peter David, a prolific genre storyteller whose own father fled the Nazis and who would later take to his website to compare the first Trump administration to Hitler.—
Darren Franich,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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Just a few years later, in 1961, the boys met Australian poet and musician Daevid Allen, who broadened their horizons by sharing his infectious love of jazz.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2025
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The performance, which also featured British artist Dexter Dalwood and writer and translator Heather Cleary, was held at Casa Margarita, the organization’s newest venue once the home of Margarita Quijano, a writer and muse to poet Ramón López Velarde.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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