SCREENWRITERS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

screenwriters

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plural of screenwriter

as in writers

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Recent Examples of screenwriters The second edition of Pitch Talent, organized with the screenwriting labs IsLABentura Canarias, CIMA Impulsa and DAMA Ayuda, will showcase emerging screenwriters and creatives selected by each lab, joined by Mallorcan screenwriter-director Ferrán Bex. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 11 May 2026

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Directing the film is Chase Joynt (No Ordinary Man), with Greg Beer and Onstad the writers.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Kesha noted that her mom, Pebe Sebert, was one of the writers on the tune.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

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The group have publicly endorsed the letter on behalf of The Brigade, a group of over a thousand Jewish filmmakers, executives, playwrights, agents, publicists and allies in the media, music and entertainment industries.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
And very few other Minnesota Fringe playwrights take creative dramatic swings quite like Mariabella Sorini and Alex Church.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026

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The campaign is geared towards challenging the CBC’s opposition to the bill; the group alleges that the bill’s authors did not sufficiently take into account the perspectives of Black athletes, coaches, and others.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Since OpenAI published its blog post, the website changed the article’s attribution to one of the real authors, Kate Hooper, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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