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as in director
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Recent Examples of auteur
By the ’90s, the unseen auteur is the bedrock of indie rap; barbershop psychedelia and Honda rock are beloved by everyone from Jersey indie rockers Yo La Tengo to teen pop star Aaron Carter.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
His self-presentation is not that of a postmodern auteur, poised to trounce his critics, but of a goofy man off to the side with spectator shoes, spindly legs, and ginormous hands.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
The writer-director going from a Survivor contestant back in 2018 (who, incidentally, had also competed with his dad on The Amazing Race 14 in 2009) to an Emmy-winning prestige TV auteur with HBO’s The White Lotus was considered a Hollywood hero’s journey.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
In the meantime, Magna is happy to provide such auteur filmmakers with vital revenue streams between their features.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 June 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
His self-presentation is not that of a postmodern auteur, poised to trounce his critics, but of a goofy man off to the side with spectator shoes, spindly legs, and ginormous hands.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
The writer-director going from a Survivor contestant back in 2018 (who, incidentally, had also competed with his dad on The Amazing Race 14 in 2009) to an Emmy-winning prestige TV auteur with HBO’s The White Lotus was considered a Hollywood hero’s journey.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
In the meantime, Magna is happy to provide such auteur filmmakers with vital revenue streams between their features.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auteur
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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,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
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Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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The Harrods pop-up will run from July 21 until Aug. 27, and will stock the Lucky capsule, which was conceived by Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director of women’s collections who stepped down in May after nearly a decade at the brand.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Danny Ramon, director of intelligence at supply chain risk management provider Overhaul, said that holiday weekends typically see cargo theft rates spiking by 50 to 100 percent.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
1 July 2025
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Best Storage Bench: The Container Store Lotus Bamboo Storage Bench Kristyn Ivey, a KonMari consultant and home stylist at For the Love of Tidy, previously recommended this discreet storage solution to SELF, noting that some of its key features happen to be rather shoe-friendly.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
26 June 2025
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According to two professional stylists with over a decade of experience, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, but there are some key guidelines worth following.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
26 June 2025
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The hyphen in Molly Jong-Fast’s last name bridges two distinct lineages of wordsmiths.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
7 June 2025
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The two young wordsmiths representing Colorado at the Scripps National Spelling Bee were knocked out of the competition Wednesday.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
28 May 2025
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But Carl Hagenbeck, a German animal trader and entertainment impresario, had a different vision of what zoos could be.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
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Melton partnered with Wayne Johnson and Tony Perry, two nightlife impresarios who had already transformed D.C.’s after-dark culture.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
17 June 2025
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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No matter how daffy some of it is, the production has the important factor of clarity; a quality that the great stage director Peter Hall used to say is a vital component of any revival of a classic.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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That would be lyricist Fred Ebb, playwright Terrence McNally and original star Chita Rivera, key figures behind the 1993 Broadway musical, alongside composer John Kander and stage director Harold Prince.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Nick Castellanos has been a consistent producer for the Phillies at the plate this year.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Hunter Woodall Hunter Woodall is a political editorial producer for CBS News.—
Zak Hudak,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auteur. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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