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Recent Examples of linguist
This research acts like a cosmic linguist, analyzing subtle spectral signatures to give us unprecedented insight into how these powerful, yet often hidden, forces influence star birth, sculpt galactic gas and orchestrate the evolution of galaxies.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Noam Chomsky, the linguist and political theorist, is seen advising Epstein on how to manage the fallout from his conviction.
—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
Some of the guests who accompanied Allen and Previn to dinners with Epstein included talk show host Dick Cavett, linguist Noam Chomsky and the late comedian David Brenner.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Now, she is being recast as a brilliant linguist who survived conquest, enslavement and patriarchy.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
Noam Chomsky, the linguist and political theorist, is seen advising Epstein on how to manage the fallout from his conviction.
—Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
Some of the guests who accompanied Allen and Previn to dinners with Epstein included talk show host Dick Cavett, linguist Noam Chomsky and the late comedian David Brenner.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
Now, she is being recast as a brilliant linguist who survived conquest, enslavement and patriarchy.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguist
Noun
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How zines taught Jeff Miller to be a novelist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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American critic and novelist Susan Sontag had her as a likely future contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Jimbo is a storyteller and clown with a message of love, tolerance and acceptance.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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For Showalter, whose past work has rarely ventured this far into fear, the challenge will be sustaining a coherent tone without losing the emotional highs and lows that define Hoover as a storyteller.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Both of them were writers—Lowell a poet, Hardwick an essayist and novelist.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Apr. 2026
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Megan O’Grady is a critic and an essayist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For Smith, in his hopes and oversights, was a fabulist as much as a scientist, a man doing theology as surely as economics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Rather than go full creator in his commutation push, the fabulist opted for a less viral form of media: newspaper op-eds, placing them in The South Shore Press, a Long Island rag.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguist. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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