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Recent Examples of satirist
In 1903, the two had embarked on a translation of the Greek satirist Lucian for Oxford.
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Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The biographer who revived the reputation of our first Secretary of the Treasury—and incidentally launched a trillion amateur rap battles—set his sights on a beloved American satirist this year.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
After the political satirist used part of his Sunday show to blast Cain's recent decision to join the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the actor hit back, accusing the comedian of plagiarizing his jokes.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
But the famed satirist and mathematician, who died on July 26 at 97, wrote one of the first popular songs about a Jewish holiday.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The biographer who revived the reputation of our first Secretary of the Treasury—and incidentally launched a trillion amateur rap battles—set his sights on a beloved American satirist this year.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
After the political satirist used part of his Sunday show to blast Cain's recent decision to join the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the actor hit back, accusing the comedian of plagiarizing his jokes.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
But the famed satirist and mathematician, who died on July 26 at 97, wrote one of the first popular songs about a Jewish holiday.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirist
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Amid Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s flurry of EDM and heritage-rock shows is this master musical parodist’s.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2025
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Tickets for the pop parodist are priced from $159 to $39 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Yankovic, 64, began playing the accordion at the age of seven and grew up listening to Elton John, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Stan Freberg and Frank Zappa.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2024
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This summer, the novelist and essayist Jamaica Kincaid released a career-spanning collection.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Baggot, who will also serve as executive producer, is a novelist, essayist, poet and associate professor at Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Lastly, My Roommate Is a Cat is the touching story of how a shy novelist named Mikazuki Subaru comes to live with a feline companion who was dumped by humans and lived a tough life on the streets.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The move has been welcomed by the indie film community as a sign of a more sympathetic approach from Egypt’s censorship board following the appointment this past spring of respected screenwriter and novelist Abdel Rahim Kamal as the head of the body.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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Famously, the British press conspired to draw the dramatist’s name through the mud, besmirching his literary legacy for generations to follow.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 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 funniest part about that is Lisa Ann Walter is actually a really exceptional impressionist.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
16 Apr. 2025
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The comedian and impressionist who has done his impressions to the faces of Michael Buble, Jeff Goldblum, Paul Giamatti and more will be at American Comedy Co. 8 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Evans was carving out a career as a playwright before the path to screenwriting opened.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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Based on an unfinished work by poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, The Black Ball weaves together the lives of three gay men from three distinct historical periods.—
Jennifer Green,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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But Pullman’s abilities as a storyteller are stupendous, and on full display.—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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That’s the work of EA’s extraordinary artists, designers, developers, storytellers, and innovator.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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Turning from his father’s trade of corset-making, Paine tried his hand at business, met and impressed Benjamin Franklin in London, sailed to America, and there found his true metier as a pamphleteer and radical.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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Even with all his diplomatic ties, Franklin was powerless to assist Platt because of the Treason Act’s suspension of habeas corpus. Advertisement Newspaper editors and pamphleteers circulated stories about the horrible conditions in the British prisons holding thousands of Americans.—
Time,
Time,
9 July 2025
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