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Recent Examples of scribbler
We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.
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Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
This was a jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing conga line of events too ludicrous for even the most brazen Hollywood script scribblers.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
In keeping with the book’s first-person format, Catherine keeps a diary and introduces the various other characters with the wit of a budding Jane Austen — the difference being, this young scribbler has no interest in wedding bells.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
But Wessex isn’t the only challenge facing the struggling scribbler.
—Geoffrey Himes, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
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Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
This was a jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing conga line of events too ludicrous for even the most brazen Hollywood script scribblers.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
In keeping with the book’s first-person format, Catherine keeps a diary and introduces the various other characters with the wit of a budding Jane Austen — the difference being, this young scribbler has no interest in wedding bells.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
But Wessex isn’t the only challenge facing the struggling scribbler.
—Geoffrey Himes, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribbler
Noun
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Ullmann is right that, for a writer, precision is the minimum.—
Nadja Spiegelman,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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An ayahuasca retreat might have been a more divine alternative to a trailer breakdown to promote the otherworldly Good Fortune, at least according to its writer, director, and star, Aziz Ansari.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Parsons has contributed to Bluegrass Unlimited since 1981 and worked with bluegrass artist Curly Seckler, working as his manager, producer and biographer from 2004 to 2017.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
16 July 2025
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So why bother with a biography of a biographer who spent decades doing what academics usually do: reading, researching, writing, teaching, repeat?—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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On July 3, Skepta sparked international debate with a bold challenge posted to social media, expressing his desire to settle the debate over which nation boasts the superior wordsmiths.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
7 July 2025
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As a wordsmith, something of who Gayden was as a man becomes evident.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.—
Talia Lavin,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2020
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The 39th Firefly Art Fair will feature both new and returning artists showing paintings, pottery, ceramics, glass, basketry, jewelry, fiber art, mosaics, photography, pen and ink drawings, metal work and wood.—
Elaine Rewolinski,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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Liam Lawson of New Zealand and Visa Cash App RB speaks of delight in the media pen during the F1 Grand Prix of Austria at Red Bull Ring on June 29, 2025 in Spielberg, Austria....—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
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High-profile hacks, fraud and failures across the broader crypto ecosystem have shown that not every structure in this space honors Bitcoin's values.—
Carylyne Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Could an attacker, maybe with access to your account passwords, really have pulled off the hack of the century?—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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The new study is the first to analyze the Song of Wade excerpt alongside the entirety of the Latin sermon that quotes it, said study coauthor Dr. James Wade, an associate professor of English Literature at Girton College.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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The findings show that better sleep doesn’t have to be complicated, says study coauthor Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, a professor of nutritional medicine at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York.—
Rob Williams,
EverydayHealth.com,
11 July 2025
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Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Scribbler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribbler. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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