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Recent Examples of linguist
These rules are simplified from a set proposed by anthropologist Brent Berlin and linguist Paul Kay in 1969.
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Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
One of those dissenters was the linguist Mark Liberman, who lambasted the word numerous times over the years in his blog Language Log.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
At the forefront of that work is Daria Valentin, a Ladin linguist born and raised in Val Badia.
—Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
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Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
One of those dissenters was the linguist Mark Liberman, who lambasted the word numerous times over the years in his blog Language Log.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
At the forefront of that work is Daria Valentin, a Ladin linguist born and raised in Val Badia.
—Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
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.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguist
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Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block after her father’s death and the discovery of secrets he’s long kept hidden.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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His favorite author is young adult novelist Alan Gratz, favorite food is beef stroganoff and favorite school subject is math.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Her approach of looking at the world through the lens of a non-linear storyteller felt not only timely but essential to understanding a global cultural landscape outside traditional institutional frameworks.—
Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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My life, my choices and roles, my skillsets as a producer, director, writer, comic book creator, vodcaster, storyteller of the year, my politics, my company, Color Farm Media, the impact, my partnerships, my collaboration, my future all speaks to this.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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Kramer, a playwright and essayist who had been covering AIDS since the beginning through journalism, had co-founded the non-profit Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1982.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
3 June 2026
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Jaime Green is a science writer and essayist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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As an auto-fictionist or a minimalist—whatever.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Dowd Voicers are either clueless about the facts or, like their hero Trump, are simply fabulists making up numbers to suit their biased narrative.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
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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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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguist. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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