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Recent Examples of comedienne
Laugh-In comedienne Ruth Buzzi died at age 88 on May 1 at her home in Texas.
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Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
While a respected singer, songwriter and comedienne who regularly appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, many know her as Johnny Cash's wife and collaborator.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
The Daily Show comedienne was also asked to weigh in on the state of late night, especially given how The Tonight Show with Stephen Colbert will end its run next year.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Wanda Clark, who served as Lucille Ball’s devoted secretary for 26 years until the famed comedienne’s death in 1999, died Sunday in Langley, Oklahoma.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
While a respected singer, songwriter and comedienne who regularly appeared on the Grand Ole Opry, many know her as Johnny Cash's wife and collaborator.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
The Daily Show comedienne was also asked to weigh in on the state of late night, especially given how The Tonight Show with Stephen Colbert will end its run next year.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Wanda Clark, who served as Lucille Ball’s devoted secretary for 26 years until the famed comedienne’s death in 1999, died Sunday in Langley, Oklahoma.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedienne
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The comedian opened the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15, with a monologue filled with pointed jokes about former Prince Andrew's arrest, Timothée Chalamet's ballet comments and more.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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The comedian, now in her third year taking on the role, has often created viral moments on the carpet through her quippy, deadpan interviews with celebrities.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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By the time deputies made their way down the long driveway off Lost Creek Road to the house Tony once shared with his father, the onetime jokester and basketball player had lost all sense of reality.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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Sam, meanwhile, was a jokester much of the time but took his pilot training seriously.—
Emma Hurt,
AJC.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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So the Dolphins haven’t totally escaped their buffoon-like past with Ross at the helm.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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The movie is like a version of Waiting for Guffman (1996) in which the Christopher Guest character was not a buffoon but an earnest striver with grit and (significant) talent.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Comedienne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedienne. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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