She is my favorite French writer.
He's a writer of horror stories.
a course on 19th-century writers
The magazine is looking for freelance writers.
The writer of the best essay will win a prize.
They identified the writer of the mysterious letter.
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Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025 Instead the line was conceived after the script writers, Al Reinert and Bill Broyles, interviewed Kranz at his home Texas, south of Johnson Space Center.—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025 The first thought that flew into my mind was a British writer who writes big, famous biographies.—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 June 2025 Sid Caesar then created sketch-comedy Caesar’s Hour, which ran from 1954 to 1957 and included most of the same cast and writers, including Brooks and the arrivals of Woody Allen and Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H).—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for writer
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of writer was
before the 12th century
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