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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
Noun
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Romance writers never write about their real life — right?—
Eloisa James,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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They were briefly paused to allow the studios to finish negotiations with the writers’ union.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Rishabh Desai has been with the Clippers since 2016 and is now the executive director of basketball operations.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Sentiment was hurt by the rising price of gas caused by the war, according to survey director Joanne Hsu.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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One thing that bothered me in my career as a stylist was the cliché that the inspiration of the show is a certain period, and the designer did not see certain races in the casting.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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Edebiri and her stylist, Danielle Goldberg, are at their when playing in this high-low sandbox.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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Ted Turner, the media mogul, philanthropist, international sports impresario, rancher and champion sailor, had one of the best runs in human history.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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Megan made her Broadway debut as Harold Zidler — the impresario of the famed Parisian nightclub at the center of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film and its stage musical adaptation — on March 24 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
4 May 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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Arthur Miller’s masterpiece is one of those Mount Everests for American stage directors — a legacy-building challenge that invites comparisons with the all-time greats.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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She is survived by her daughter, the stage director Arin Arbus, and Arin’s partner, the playwright Ethan Lipton; granddaughter Bird; stepdaughters Amy and Doon; six nieces and a nephew.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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Texas’ pen ranks first in the league in ERA — by a lot — and has kept the club afloat.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Rex Reed, the longtime movie critic and celebrity interviewer known for his contrarian attitude and eloquent, vicious jabs of his pen, died Tuesday.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auteur. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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