prompter

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Recent Examples of prompter To keep that rhythm, the prompter has to talk over the other actor’s lines. Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026 Reading the prompter, ad libbing, and then going back to that script is hard as hell, man. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026 Zada believes that the power to keep AI outputs copyright clean lies in the hands of the prompter, meaning Secret Level forbids IP being cited in its text inputs. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026 Dokoupil thought he was next headed to a story about former VP nominee Tim Walz, but the lineup in the prompter had another idea — as did the graphics prompt, evidently. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026 When the clip ended, Goldberg addressed a prior issue with the show's prompter. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prompter
Noun
  • As the decade wore on, though, my parents grew up—as happens to young rebels—and my mother, unexpectedly, started thinking about having kids.
    Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Their work and mental health were further disrupted when Houthi rebels in Yemen began attacking ships in the Red Sea, with at least nine sailors killed and 11 others held captive for five months.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Neither the artist’s team nor local promoters have issued an official statement regarding the cancellation or the rescheduling of the Milan concert, or possible adjustments to the immediate tour schedule.
    Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Local venue and promoter pre-sale will begin on March 25, with tickets going on sale on March 27.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The act as insurgent against privilege, set to die in the rot of reason.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Mills’s primary opponent, oyster farmer and progressive insurgent Graham Platner, echoed other outsiders last year in calling for Schumer to lose his leadership post over his government shutdown dealings with Republicans.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • When troublemaker Arlene moves in across the street to live with her father, Maria falls helplessly under her corrupting influence.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Climate troublemaker El Niño can cause heat waves, droughts and flooding around the world.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Anglo‑Saxon England converted to Christianity over the seventh century, so some of the charms included appeals to Jesus, Mary, and the apostles.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The New Testament canon usually includes 27 books, including the four gospels that describe Jesus’ life – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – and Acts, which describes the works of the apostles who continued Jesus’ ministry after his death.
    Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Its current head, Mike Selig, is a thirty-six-year-old lawyer and crypto booster.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The city’s leaders and economic boosters, for their part, have hammered home the idea that the Oakland airport boasts a faster entry-and-exit experience than San Francisco, and that its parking lot is a short walk across the street from the front entrance.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Backers of historic cuts in property taxes for Florida homeowners call those kinds of predictions alarmist and say a drop in tax revenue will force local governments to cut back on high salaries, excessive hiring and frivolous spending.
    Douglas Hanks March 13, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • That take seems unduly alarmist said David Goldblatt, a British sportswriter and sociologist who is a visiting professor at Pitzer College in Claremont.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Yet Ali’s act does not only evoke terrorist incidents such as the Charlie Hebdo attack, perpetrated by Muslim extremists, just a few months prior to The Red Chador.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The Italian metal extremist has been going down a rabbit hole of his own with a series of highly technical I, Voidhanger releases marked by extraterrestrial synth work and winding, stop-on-a-dime riffs.
    Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Prompter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prompter. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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