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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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Asia London Palomba is a Travel + Leisure writer from Rome who travels internationally several times a year to visit her family in Italy or to slake her wanderlust in various European and Asian countries.Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2024
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Jackson Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
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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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Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 18 Apr. 2019
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Benny The Butcher has given Lloyd Banks his flowers, praising the emcee for his lyrical excellence and deeming him as one of the greatest wordsmiths to pick up a mic.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 12 June 2024
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Wu-Tang’s RZA respects both Kendrick Lamar and Drake, but does believe there’s a key difference between the two wordsmiths.Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Dudu is a personal stylist and fashion expert based in Paris.R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Her journey took a turn when she was approached by stylist Milly Kate Powell, behind the account @what.milly.wore on Instagram.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Each pipe ranged in size from that of a pen to 10 meters tall.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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As is sadly the case in all of Italy’s major tourist cities, Venice has become little more than a pen of huddled steers pushing through narrow streets and across small bridges.John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Fox claimed to Sinatra biographer Kitty Kelly that the singer stormed out of the room when things came to blows.Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Musk’s political journey to ‘Dark MAGA’ Official biographer Walter Isaacson pointed to several seminal moments that caused Musk to sour on the Democrats.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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In the genre, the Central American auteur found a piercing vehicle to discuss the sociopolitical afflictions of his homeland.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Barbier began his career in international sales at Wild Bunch (now Goodfellas) in 2011, working on auteur films such as Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake, Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum, and Hirokazu Koreeda’s The Shoplifters.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler.Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
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We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
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“Belletrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belletrist. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.
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