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Noun
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Kings, poets, scientists and revolutionaries wanted to meet him and sought his advice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026 -
Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic Pikes Peak During the summer of 1893, poet and literature professor Katharine Lee Bates joined other teachers working in Colorado Springs for the summer and took a ride to the top of Pikes Peak.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The show was created by composer Joe Kinosian and lyricist Kellen Blair, who co-wrote its book.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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The film features original songs and score by composers/lyricists Sharon Kenny and Kirsten Guenther, who are also collaborating on an upcoming stage musical produced by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door/The Carlson Company.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
11 May 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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Those who have lived to tell their tales have directly passed them down to a Birmingham native named Barry McNealy, an essential bard of Alabama’s Black American history.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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In theory, an AI governance committee operates like an institutional review bard or a pharmacy and therapeutics committee.—
David Talby,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The third key person in the Pantochino company is composer Justin Rugg, who writes all the company’s original musicals alongside Bernardi.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2026
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Award-winning composer Kevin Penkin’s score was recorded with an 80-piece orchestra in Japan.—
Allison McClain Merrill,
Parents,
8 June 2026
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The description by the composer (who is also his librettist) can hardly be bettered.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Snapshot is West Edge’s intensive, two-week development workshop in which composer-librettist pairs polish and stage scenes from their works in progress with a team of experienced advisers, a strong cast and musicians.—
Michael Zwiebach,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2026
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