scribbler

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Recent Examples of scribbler Image Wojnarowski transcended the relative anonymity of most sports scribblers by virtue of his hustle and connections often landing him N.B.A. stories before anyone else. Victor Mather, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025 Try your hand at drawing a model, whether your a pro or a scribbler. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for scribbler
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Noun
  • Following backlash from his former costars, the actor retracted the claims and said he was taken advantage of by a ghostwriter.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
  • And yet, in the last chapter of her ghostwritten book, Whoopi Goldberg acknowledges some misgivings about using a ghostwriter.
    Emily Hodgson Anderson, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The late New Yorker writer Donald Barthleme, an absurdist, is often cited as an example.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • And yet every day writers call me from conference rooms at their day jobs, or cramped kitchens with their children, or cars sitting in their driveways—sometimes the only place quiet enough to think.
    David O’Neill, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.
    Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • But Fleming leaps past other wry wordsmiths with his constant, unrelenting effort to wring every last drop of laughter out of every single premise.
    John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • An outstanding producer and a clever wordsmith.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • In a third, detainees can be seen — foreheads to the floor of an outdoor pen — as the Israeli national anthem plays and armed guards encircle them.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
  • The Four-Star hotel offers elegant rooms and attentive butlers to fill your every need, including providing cribs, high chairs and play pens.
    Katie Lara, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Plus, score Martha Stewart’s glowy skin hack, Amal Clooney’s gel manicure alternative, and a firming body lotion with rave reviews.
    Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 23 May 2026
  • Burning Coffee Grounds Videos on social media promote burning coffee grounds as a hack for getting rid of mosquitoes.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • At least one of his cowriter nominees, Mehdi Mahmoudian, was unable to leave Iran to attend Sunday’s awards.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Zamiri and Aitchison worked closely with cowriter Bertie Brandes to crack the movie, which chronicles a dramatic shift for Charli as an artist, as people start to see her in a different light.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026

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“Scribbler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribbler. Accessed 25 May. 2026.

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