proser

Definition of prosernext

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Noun
  • If a dozen new works over four days isn’t enough, try cramming 50 plays by 50 playwrights into a single day.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • Under this rule, that fear might have been alleviated, allowing Mescal to campaign in lead for his turn as playwright William Shakespeare.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The grant winners are determined annually via a nomination process, with a rotating jury of LGBTQIA+ artists, poets, and musicians meeting three times in the span of several months.
    News Desk, Artforum, 7 May 2026
  • Myles is, of course, a dog poet—even before Rosie (of Afterglow fame) or Honey or, most recently, little Charley.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Dark Ocean comes from Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson, an Icelandic screenwriter and founding member of theatre and music collective Hatari.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 May 2026
  • The film production stage is particularly delicate since during this phase the producer has to make artistic choices about the story, screenwriter, director, and cast that will influence significantly the quality of the outcome.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.
    Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The debate centers on alternate theories proposing that Shakespeare was a front for the real dramatist (or dramatists).
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But then, just as the scriptwriters were smelling another famous European night in Liverpool, Mariani was sent to the monitors by the VAR.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Suzuki Tsutomu, who served as both scriptwriter and producer, spoke to Variety about why Nippon TV moved early on AI, what happened when the technology surprised the production itself, and how the broadcaster is thinking about the model’s commercial future.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Carney is a musician’s filmmaker; a bard for the bards.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Nancy Lemann, bard of New Orleans and stylist nonpareil, has gotten a glow-up—and in some corners, there’s already been much rejoicing.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Economist and essayist David Oks argued in an influential, widely read Substack post that most of this ATM story is just half the tale.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
  • Athena Nassar is an Egyptian American poet, essayist, and short-story writer.
    Athena Nassar, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Speculation began swirling after flirty messages between Harry and Mail on Sunday journalist Charlotte Griffiths were revealed during his unlawful information gathering court case against the outlet’s publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 3 May 2026
  • The fragile three-week ceasefire appears to be holding, though Trump on Saturday told journalists that further strikes remained a possibility.
    Adam Schreck, Fortune, 3 May 2026
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“Proser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proser. Accessed 9 May. 2026.

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