hagiographer

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Recent Examples of hagiographer But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France. Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024 William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb. Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020 Hansen is not a hagiographer, and parts of the book are unflattering and depart from official Cuban lore. Michael J. Bustamante, Washington Post, 5 July 2019
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Noun
  • Per The New York Times, Morrissey’s archivist, Michael Chaiken, said the filmmaker died in a Manhattan hospital from pneumonia.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
  • During the tour, guests will be able to chat with a curator or archivist and will receive a special commemorative challenge coin and a 10% discount in the Harley-Davison shop.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Nearly two decades later, after discussing a promising new investigative technique called genetic genealogy at a family reunion, Jack searched online for genetic genealogists and learned about CeCe Moore, a pioneering DNA sleuth who, at that time, had helped to solve dozens of cases.
    KC Baker, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Genetic genealogist CeCe Moore explains how new DNA technology could solve Cleveland's ‘Torso Killer’ case Between 1935 and 1938, Cleveland's 'Torso Killer' took at least 12 lives.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The author of that book, Memoirs 1925-1950, was Kennan himself, as self-critical and personally reflective an autobiographer as his century had seen.
    Nicholas Thompson, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2011
  • Still, for Beyoncé the filmmaker and autobiographer, one narrative-building feat seems to remain out of reach.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023

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“Hagiographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiographer. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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