as in writer
a person who writes plays
The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright.
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Recent Examples of playwright
Tyler was a multifaceted artist, working as an actor, director, playwright, producer and artistic director.
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Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
The multi-hyphenate — actor, writer, filmmaker, playwright – also has an exceptional documentary on the festival circuit, Memories of Love Returned.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Her father, Ed, is a White jazz musician and filmmaker, her mother, Robbie McCauley, is a Black actress and playwright.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
However, the pivotal moment that inspired her transition from lawyer to playwright was the #MeToo movement.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
The multi-hyphenate — actor, writer, filmmaker, playwright – also has an exceptional documentary on the festival circuit, Memories of Love Returned.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Her father, Ed, is a White jazz musician and filmmaker, her mother, Robbie McCauley, is a Black actress and playwright.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
However, the pivotal moment that inspired her transition from lawyer to playwright was the #MeToo movement.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
Noun
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While headline writers still describe the changes in the same vivid terms (here and here), the reality is far different.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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On the night of November 4th, after a tense hour-long conversation with the newspaperman and short-story writer Damon Runyon at Lindy’s restaurant, Rothstein received a call from the Park Central Hotel.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Conrad Earp, Asteroid City Of the three dramatists on this list, Earp is obviously the most developed.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Arizona screenwriter who sold a script to a Hollywood studio probably never expected that California could tax him.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Paramount brought on three waves of screenwriters for the movie, according to court documents.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
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While companies have lobbied for and in some cases successfully passed legislation enshrining gig economy drivers as independent contractors, Wisconsin's bill would be the first of its kind in the nation aimed at gig drivers, according to the bill authors.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Among them was Rick Kirschner, a retired naturopathic doctor, author, and speaker.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 13 Aug. 2025.
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