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Recent Examples of linguist
But that's nothing new, say linguists and others who study verbal communication.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Indeed, those details sometimes contradicted what linguists would predict based on previous research.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
The security agency easily identified Winner, a crypto linguist, as the source of the leak.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
University of Washington linguist Emily Bender studies LLMs and has consistently warned that language models are simply unverified text synthesis machines.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Indeed, those details sometimes contradicted what linguists would predict based on previous research.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
The security agency easily identified Winner, a crypto linguist, as the source of the leak.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
University of Washington linguist Emily Bender studies LLMs and has consistently warned that language models are simply unverified text synthesis machines.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguist
Noun
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In truth, a novelist is uniquely qualified to write sports fiction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The true-crime movie stars stiller as novelist Norman Mailer, who befriended convict Jack Henry Abbott (Farrell).—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The common ingredients are incredible storytellers who are excited about trying to make a series that feels authentic and realistic, and maybe feels familiar, but in a way that also feels elevated and sophisticated.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The loveliest is that both books and gardens continue to bear fruit years after the storyteller and the gardener are long gone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Soyinka, born on 13 July 1934 in Abeokuta, Nigeria, is a renowned playwright, poet, essayist and public intellectual.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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Having started his career as a film critic and essayist on YouTube, Stuckmann makes the transition to director with a horror movie that expertly blends media and feels at times like a mockumentary ripped right from the video platform.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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The author, a naturally playful fabulist, is furloughed here into invention and free play.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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And, yes, this compulsive fabulist did in fact embezzle campaign funds from his own donors to fund a lavish lifestyle, did commit identity theft and did fraudulently collect pandemic unemployment benefits.—
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Twin Cities,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguist. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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