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as in writer
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as in director
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Recent Examples of auteur
Of the next-gen rap auteurs that characterize MIKE’s 10k label—Sideshow and Anysia Kym, to name two—Niontay has his finger on the wildest and weirdest pulses.
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Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 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
The casting follows the recent unveiling of Chaturvedi in the title role of the biographical drama tracing Shantaram’s journey from the silent era through his emergence as one of India’s most influential auteurs.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 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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Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 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
The casting follows the recent unveiling of Chaturvedi in the title role of the biographical drama tracing Shantaram’s journey from the silent era through his emergence as one of India’s most influential auteurs.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 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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Brenda Looper joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as a news clerk in April 1997, and worked as a feature writer, reviewer and copy editor on the news side before moving to the opinion section in July 2011.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Ryan Collett is a writer, animator, and knitter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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As art director at the time, I was charged with the cover of the first edition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Explore the latest lottery news & results This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Enquirer digital news director.—
Jordan Kellogg,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, the actress' stylist said Nicola had been working with the designer for over a year.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Moore, who was honored with the Fashion Icon Award at the WWD Style Awards earlier this month, works with longtime stylist Brad Goreski.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 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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An outstanding producer and a clever wordsmith.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2026
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Rather the answer, according to Obama’s wordsmith, is to take cell phones away from American children who are seeing this carnage on social media and who are rightly horrified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Dec. 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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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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Every morning sit down with a pen and paper and write three pages of whatever is in your head.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Officers arrived to find a large group of people were watching over a pen holding cash and drinking alcohol in the backyard where roosters were engaged in battle while a referee monitored the contest, the Sheriff's Office said.—
Scott Butler,
Florida Times-Union,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auteur. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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