screenwriter

noun

Definition of screenwriternext
as in playwright

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Recent Examples of screenwriter About one month later, veteran screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker of Sleepy Hollow and Seven fame became the first person to return their checkouts to the same dispenser. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026 Anna Juul is a screenwriter and novelist, satirist and board member with the Danish Mental Health Fund. — Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026 In June 2026, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Annabelle (2014) and It (2017) screenwriter Gary Dauberman had been hired to write the screenplay for Five Nights at Freddy’s 3. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026 But the horror director and screenwriter still has his eyes set on adapting other King stories. — Matt Minton, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for screenwriter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
  1. playwright
  2. scriptwriter
  3. writer
  4. dramatist
  5. scenarist
  6. pen
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  • After a painful breakup, a young playwright accepts a job as assistant director for a theater company in a foreign city.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Lena Dunham co-wrote the book alongside playwright Jessica Huang (Mother of Exiles), and the score is co-written by undisputed pop-music genius Carly Rae Jepsen with frequent Phoebe Bridgers collaborator Ethan Gruska.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of playwright
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  • Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, whom Hegseth installed after firing Cao’s predecessor, then weighed in with a Hollywood scriptwriter’s cheesy panache to say the incident debrief was complete.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • The goal every amateur scriptwriter had written, and then thrown in the bin for not being quite spectacular enough.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of scriptwriter
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  • Neither group showed higher-than-normal death rates from cancers that aren't tied to radiation exposure, noted the commentary writers, Catherine Olsen and Ken Karipidis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes the cure for writer’s block is just having something to react to, and ChatGPT is always there to provide fodder.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of writer
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  • Since Don Juan was introduced in 1630 by dramatist Tirso de Molina, the Spanish Lothario has appeared in numerous re-interpretations, but perhaps the most important debuted a century ago.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026
  • One of Gary Graves’ biggest strengths as a dramatist is that nary a word feels wasteful when written by him.
    — Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dramatist
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  • Liberal scenarists will be left wondering what if, though, as Congresswoman Katie Porter will end up notching more than 400,000 votes — enough, potentially, to have given Steyer the win had the fellow liberal Democrat dropped out.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Definition of scenarist
Noun
  • The state is no longer collecting sales tax on nonelectronic school supplies, which includes a long list of items like paper, notebooks, binder, pens, pencils and markers, rules and protractors, glue, highlighters, index cards and scissors.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Many rescues have been found to be abusive and worse than a kill pen.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of pen

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