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as in parodist
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Recent Examples of satirist
Tom Lehrer, the musical comedy legend, mathematician and political satirist, has died at 97.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 July 2025
Tom Lehrer, an influential musical satirist who found fame in the 1950s and '60s, died at age 97 on Saturday.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 July 2025
Tom Lehrer, a mathematician and satirist whose musical influence peaked in the 1950s and ’60s with his topical songs, died on Saturday.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 July 2025
Meanwhile, the alternative Mactaggart lecture will be given by satirist, comedian, writer and actor Munya Chawawa, who will make the case for why broadcasters underestimate digital creatives at their peril and will issue a call to arms for creative risk.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 July 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 July 2025
Tom Lehrer, an influential musical satirist who found fame in the 1950s and '60s, died at age 97 on Saturday.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 July 2025
Tom Lehrer, a mathematician and satirist whose musical influence peaked in the 1950s and ’60s with his topical songs, died on Saturday.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 27 July 2025
Meanwhile, the alternative Mactaggart lecture will be given by satirist, comedian, writer and actor Munya Chawawa, who will make the case for why broadcasters underestimate digital creatives at their peril and will issue a call to arms for creative risk.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 18 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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As an essayist, Dasgupta has contributed to distinguished outlets such as Harper’s, Granta, and The New Statesman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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In the latest issue of the magazine, the writer and essayist Leslie Jamison reports on the many negative health effects of perfectionism.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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Talking to Bill Nighy about his star turn as a frail and at times broken novelist in & Sons is rather hampered by the British actor not having seen director Pablo Trapero’s father-and-son drama on a screen of any size ahead of its world premiere on Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Coffey has directed and co-written with novelist Blair Mastbaum.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 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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Today, with talk of a second Oscar nomination, the actor slips into a fatherly role in Hamnet playing the legendary playwright William Shakespeare, based on Maggie O'Farrell’s bestselling 2020 novel of the same name.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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This Boston run will feature playwright Ins Choi in the title role, the family father running his Toronto store at the crossroads of two cultures and generations.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Browse Newsletters These days, every influencer and brand consultant seems to want to call themselves a storyteller.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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At Gensler, our studios, designers, strategists, and storytellers — from Shanghai to San Francisco, London to Los Angeles — are embracing AI with curiosity and purpose.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 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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“Satirist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satirist. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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