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
Lyricist and playwright Howard Ashman is often credited for helping to spark the Disney animation Renaissance of the early-1990s.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
Among several individual authors represented by the guild in the suit is Jewish author and independent scholar William Goldstein, founding editor of the New York Times’ Books website, whose NEH grant was meant to fund a biography of Jewish LGBTQ playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
The film is about a New York playwright summoned to Ireland to bury his father.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
The half-hour drama series is based on a hit play written by Kat Sandler, a Canadian playwright.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
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Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
Among several individual authors represented by the guild in the suit is Jewish author and independent scholar William Goldstein, founding editor of the New York Times’ Books website, whose NEH grant was meant to fund a biography of Jewish LGBTQ playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
The film is about a New York playwright summoned to Ireland to bury his father.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
The half-hour drama series is based on a hit play written by Kat Sandler, a Canadian playwright.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
Noun
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Every tax software review is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of tax software products.—
Brian Sloan,Dan Avery,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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Nicholas Gallagher — a relatively recent New York University law school graduate and conservative writer whom ProPublica previously identified as a DOGE operative at the General Services Administration — has been involved in conversations about overhauling environmental rules.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Hammerstein is much more of a musical dramatist, and Hart is much more of a lyrical craftsman or a lyrical comedian.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2026
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The dramatist’s encounter with the audience, whether disappointing or exhilarating, is a unique, indelible experience.—
John Lahr,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Schreck is a playwright and screenwriter based in Brooklyn.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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This movie very much has the biting genre sensibility that made Cody a household name — a rare feat for a screenwriter — after her Oscar win for Juno and cult hits like Jennifer’s Body.—
Jada Yuan,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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What of the author who never learns to write, the computer programmer who never learns to code, or the artist who never learns to draw?—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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One of the neatest solutions to the problem of siblings for an author, and one that has special appeal for those who have them in real life, is to avoid them altogether—to write them out of existence.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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