wordsmith
noun
word·smith
ˈwərd-ˌsmith 
: a person who works with words
especially
: a skillful writer
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Clad in vibrant orange — a color aligning with his most recent album, Toda Época Tiene Su Encanto, which dropped September 2024 — the Puerto Rican wordsmith and his 12-member troupe brought a genre-bending set to the stage.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 1 May 2025
Poetry remains an exciting place where lyrical wordsmiths turn truth into art.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
After two days of sightseeing in Ulaanbaatar, wordsmiths head to Kharkhorin, the town that was the Mongol Empire’s capital in the 13th century, where the retreat truly begins.
—Ginanne Brownell, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
There, Brewer helped to launch the careers of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and wordsmith Shel Silverstein.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 14 Mar. 2024
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 1 May 2025
Poetry remains an exciting place where lyrical wordsmiths turn truth into art.
—Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
After two days of sightseeing in Ulaanbaatar, wordsmiths head to Kharkhorin, the town that was the Mongol Empire’s capital in the 13th century, where the retreat truly begins.
—Ginanne Brownell, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
There, Brewer helped to launch the careers of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and wordsmith Shel Silverstein.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordsmith. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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