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as in amanuensis
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts
variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them
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as in registrar
an official whose job is to keep records
the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings
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as in writer
a person who creates a written work
a book of dusty poems by some now-forgotten scribe
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Recent Examples of scribe
Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The Charlotte Observer’s Panthers reporters have asked themselves those same questions, and the trio of scribes linked up to make their annual draft predictions and musings.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic returned to direct the sequel from a script written by returning scribe Matthew Foget.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The pages also feature annotations from some of the original scribes, which could illuminate for historians how these texts were understood 1,500 years ago.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The Charlotte Observer’s Panthers reporters have asked themselves those same questions, and the trio of scribes linked up to make their annual draft predictions and musings.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
The movie is directed by Training Day director Antoine Fuqua, written by Gladiator scribe John Logan and features supporting performances by Colman Domingo as Michael’s father and manager Joe, Nia Long as Michael’s mother Katherine, and Kat Graham as fellow Motown star Diana Ross, among others.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic returned to direct the sequel from a script written by returning scribe Matthew Foget.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribe
Noun
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Much later, when Lamarck was old and blind, this Rosalie would be his amanuensis, reading to him, conducting research for him, and even writing for him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Groff, the three-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author, wrote the libretto with Doraiswamy and served as a kind of amanuensis to the production.—
Laura van Straaten,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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In-person voting is already open at the county’s registrar-recorder/county clerk’s office in Norwalk, and will expand to county vote centers starting May 23.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Many departments, including code enforcement, registrar, the clerk's office, health, tax and finance and assessor's office, are closed due to a power outage.—
Jeff Capellini,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Romance writers never write about their real life — right?—
Eloisa James,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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They were briefly paused to allow the studios to finish negotiations with the writers’ union.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Political consultant Steve Maviglio filed an application Friday with state officials that seeks to alter California’s voting system by reverting to a traditional primary.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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That means a Social Security number stolen in 2024 may not be used to open a fraudulent credit line or file a fake tax return until 2026 or later.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Copying is part of a long tradition in art history, especially at the Louvre, which has maintained a copyists’ bureau since its founding in 1793.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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Material features can also include things like colophons—formulas at the end of a text that attest to its completeness and fidelity and often also include the name of the copyist—doodles in the margins, mistakes and corrections, even handwriting style.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Apr. 2025
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The judges face a ticking clock as local election clerks prepare to finalize ballots for the August primaries by May 26 and decisions in the three cases are likely to come quickly.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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Khatri approached the undercover officer who had just presented the store’s clerk with a fake $1,000 winning ticket, court records show.—
Jack Jankowski,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Rex Reed, the film critic and author whose pithy reviews and provocative Hollywood interviews established him as a bad boy of entertainment journalism, died Tuesday morning, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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China plans to initially divert some four billion cubic meters of water from the Yangtze to the Yellow River annually in the first phase of part of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project—but that’s less water than what’s being captured by the Yangtze, the study authors warn.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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Blue Jays right fielder Addison Barger was scratched from the lineup because of a sore right shoulder.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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More than two months into the Iran war, many analysts are still scratching their heads that wartime leaders in Washington did not plan for an Iranian shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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“Scribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribe. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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