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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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Our theme this year was the enemy within for the writers’ room.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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When work evokes an involuntary emotional response, that is this writer's threshold for the definition of Art.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Royal biographer and commentator Phil Dampier told the Sun that Markle was more interested in fame and fortune.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Aug. 2025
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In 2017, Baldwin’s papers were acquired by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, giving biographers access to an extensive archive.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 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
Noun
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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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Some restaurants lean on postcards that arrive with the check, or an embossed pen, but there’s something about the pocket-sized memento that strikes the right cord between nostalgic and modern.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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Slim Shady is still keeping his mind and pen sharp these days.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Press-on nails have been a tried and true fashion hack, best used by folks who like to switch up their manicure more often than gel or acrylics allow or for those that love the ability to skip the salon and DIY a mani at home.—
Sophie Liza Cannon,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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President Donald Trump reacted to a question on Wednesday regarding evidence that Russia is at least in part responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages U.S. federal court documents.—
Jenna Sundel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The hotter mantle substance creates a warm region known as a thermal anomaly, said study coauthor Sascha Brune, professor at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, Germany.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
8 Aug. 2025
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About half of people with this advanced form of skin cancer run out of viable treatment options, says Gino In, MD, MPH, a coauthor of the study and an associate professor and oncologist with Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
18 July 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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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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“Scribbler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribbler. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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