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Recent Examples of satirist
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.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Kurt Vonnegut was many things: novelist, satirist, teacher.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 11 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
The trial of Richard Worsley versus George Bisset in February 1782 attracted a considerable amount of publicity and was depicted by several of London’s best satirists.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Kurt Vonnegut was many things: novelist, satirist, teacher.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 11 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
The trial of Richard Worsley versus George Bisset in February 1782 attracted a considerable amount of publicity and was depicted by several of London’s best satirists.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 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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Simon Njami is an independent curator and a lecturer, art critic, and essayist.—
Simon Njami,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Merrill Markoe is an Emmy-winning comedy writer, author, and essayist.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Cleyvis Natera, a literary novelist, turns to the genre for craft elements.—
Rebecca Ackermann,
The Atlantic,
5 Oct. 2025
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Daniel’s commercial failure as a novelist impelled him to move to Los Angeles to try writing for the movies.—
David Kamp,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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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 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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Ronan Day-Lewis, 27 Ronan is the older son of the two children Daniel shares with his wife, Rebecca Miller, who is the daughter of legendary playwright Arthur Miller.—
Alyssa Davis,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Graham often grabs stories straight out of the news, and both Sherwood and Punch are based on real events (as were Tammy Faye and Ink, the prolific playwright’s last visits to Broadway).—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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If so, this pocket-sized storyteller will be an instant favorite.—
Emily Glover,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hafez has also conceived the hub as a launchpad for emerging storytellers giving them access to the necessary tools and support to refine their voice and craft world-class content.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
2 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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By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.—
Timothy O'Grady,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 July 2024
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