as in poet
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Noun
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Rankin is a celebrated visual artist whose works take pride of place in both public and private collections around the world; Brett is a novelist, poet, and essayist whose writing has been widely published.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Prize-winning poet Renee Nicole Good was protecting her Minneapolis community, not penning poems, when ICE executed her on January 7th.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Originally envisioned as a musical, Williams was tasked with writing original songs with lyricist Leslie Bricusse before the idea was scrapped.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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Welles, who was nominated for four Grammys in 2025, is a gifted lyricist, and his finest verses use cascades of slant rhymes to move subtly from specific finger-pointing to broader implication.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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By contrast, the French word for scarcity, rareté, has so many acoustic kin that an English rhymester could weep, with engagé, écarté, and retardé leading the pack.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
23 May 2022
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Her language thus had its necessary counterpoint: the Bronx’s fullness against her poetry’s economy; the streetcorner’s pizzicato against her versifier’s swing.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2022
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Modest Durnov, an artist and versifier, did not leave his mark on the world of art.—
Sarah Vitali,
Harper's magazine,
10 May 2019
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2022
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But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 June 2018
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But this award, which was inaugurated in 2023 with a Jesso win, circles the same handful of writers, and country scribes like Jessie Jo Dillon, pop bards like Amy Allen, and reggaeton men-at-arms like Edgar Barrera are just as up next.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Pizzo, who wrote Rudy and Hoosiers, is the bard of Indiana sports movies — perhaps the bard of all sports movies.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Jan. 2026
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While Egypt is known for its movies and Lebanon for its pop singers and composers, Syria's TV series have for decades been seen as the gold standard in the region.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Pailet’s direction is crisp and steady, with a composer’s sense of rhythm to it.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Jackson had a similar experience during grad school with Jackie O, by the composer Michael Daugherty and the librettist Wayne Koestenbaum.—
Laura Regensdorf,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Grammys and the opera category The Best Opera Recording award goes to the conductor, album producers, principal soloists, and the composer and librettist, if applicable, of a world premiere opera recording.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Lyrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrist. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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