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Recent Examples of belletrist
The philologists, unlike the belletrists, were methodical and systematic, and given to expounding those methods and systems in lengthy treatises.
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Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Harrison is almost the textbook example of a belletrist—someone who writes essays more for their aesthetic effect than anything else.
—Bill Heavey, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism.
—Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Harrison is almost the textbook example of a belletrist—someone who writes essays more for their aesthetic effect than anything else.
—Bill Heavey, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism.
—Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belletrist
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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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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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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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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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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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Fordwich’s comments came after royal biographer Robert Jobson told People magazine that Andrew could face exile abroad.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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His biographer, Rod Taylor, chatted with Joe Sibilia on Nostalgia Tonight about Holloway's relationship with Disney.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Trier seems to have consolidated the Euro vote, and the directing lineup doesn’t feel complete without one Scandinavian auteur.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
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Leading any list would have to be cinema’s hottest and most prestigious auteur: Christopher Nolan, who somehow made a history of the atomic bomb a global, Oscar winning box-office smash.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Miley admires the Shakes enough to have invited their Sound & Color engineer, Shawn Everett, to join Something Beautiful’s production crew (also present: Cyrus’s punk-rock significant other, Maxx Morando; pop penman Michael Pollack; and members of indie-rock acts Foxygen and Alvvays).—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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Its design by Leonardo Fioravanti, the prolific penman who created, among other Ferrari masterpieces, the Dino and 308 GTB, was an instant hit.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Nov. 2023
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“Belletrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belletrist. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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