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as in director
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Recent Examples of auteur
Trier seems to have consolidated the Euro vote, and the directing lineup doesn’t feel complete without one Scandinavian auteur.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
The Girls auteur and Not That Kind of Girl author returns to the page for another memoir, this one focused on her life between 2010 and 2020.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Co-writers Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, and Michael Kennedy fold whip-smart rom-com banter into a hyper-violent whodunit that arms their filmmaker with the confidence of a Golden Age hack-and-slash auteur.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
But Marty Supreme also bears the stamp of a gifted auteur carving out his own space with his own signature and his own deep connection to New York past and present.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026
The Girls auteur and Not That Kind of Girl author returns to the page for another memoir, this one focused on her life between 2010 and 2020.
—Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
Co-writers Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, and Michael Kennedy fold whip-smart rom-com banter into a hyper-violent whodunit that arms their filmmaker with the confidence of a Golden Age hack-and-slash auteur.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
But Marty Supreme also bears the stamp of a gifted auteur carving out his own space with his own signature and his own deep connection to New York past and present.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auteur
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At the time, film and TV writers were boycotting major studios and fighting for fair compensation.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Kyle Lucia Wu is a writer based in New York City.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Feb. 2026
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Sheffield Wednesday were deducted a total of 18 points by the EFL for financial regulation breaches in the first half of the season, after filing for administration, with their former owner Dejphon Chansiri prohibited from being an owner or director of any EFL club for a period of three years.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Davis was the inaugural executive director of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism under Mayor Eric Adams.—
Moshe Davis,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Silas attended House of Heavilin Beauty College and was a beloved hair stylist.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
17 Feb. 2026
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Additional cords wrapped once around the ankle and tied at the side, and a slim stiletto heel, which could be seen in photos posted on social media from stylist Sophie Lopez, completed the silhouette.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Her grandfather was impresario Sol Hurok, who managed the careers of such show business legends as Marian Anderson, Van Cliburn and Isaac Stern.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Jan. 2026
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The legal battle surrounding Ye’s former Malibu pad is the latest in a series of public and legal dramas that the music impresario has been involved in recent years.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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But Fleming leaps past other wry wordsmiths with his constant, unrelenting effort to wring every last drop of laughter out of every single premise.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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An outstanding producer and a clever wordsmith.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2026
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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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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2021
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The new production is helmed by American stage director Yuval Sharon, who has gained an international reputation lately.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
26 Jan. 2026
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Other musicians, stage directors, choreographers and dancers may be invited in.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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An 18-year-old man pled guilty this week to a 2024 homicide over vape pens and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, Tarrant County district attorney Phil Sorrells said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Supreme Court ruled that Trump does not have the power to impose sweeping tariffs at the stroke of a pen.—
Margie Cullen,
The Providence Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auteur. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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