as in screenwriter
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Recent Examples of scriptwriter
Tatort scriptwriters ensured the characters in the game properly resembled the ones from the show.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Wei, who had a career in the U.S. as host, scriptwriter and producer, is being hailed as a major new literary talent, so there will be plenty of interest at Olympia next week.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
This might involve hiring a videographer for professional footage, an editor for post-production, researchers and a scriptwriter to create concepts and tighten messaging.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Moonlighting frequently broke the fourth wall, with many of the episodes featuring the actors facing the cameras and making direct references to the audience, the scriptwriters, the network and the series itself.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Wei, who had a career in the U.S. as host, scriptwriter and producer, is being hailed as a major new literary talent, so there will be plenty of interest at Olympia next week.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
This might involve hiring a videographer for professional footage, an editor for post-production, researchers and a scriptwriter to create concepts and tighten messaging.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Moonlighting frequently broke the fourth wall, with many of the episodes featuring the actors facing the cameras and making direct references to the audience, the scriptwriters, the network and the series itself.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
Noun
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Films are written by screenwriters who are not the directors.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
18 June 2025
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After hitting theaters in the U.K. in November 2002 then making its way across the pond the following June, Boyle’s culture-shifting collaboration with screenwriter Alex Garland caught on like a contagion, earning more than $80 million worldwide against a reported budget of $8 million.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
16 June 2025
Noun
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And the writer’s astonished eyes answer: yes, that was me.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
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Demetrius Simms Demetrius Simms is a digital staff writer at Robb Report.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
17 June 2025
Noun
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She was frequently caught short by the playwright’s winking ambush.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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Hamilton was married to poet and playwright Frank Jenkins (Driving While Black in Beverly Hills) from 1964 until his death in 2014.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
Noun
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Conrad Earp, Asteroid City Of the three dramatists on this list, Earp is obviously the most developed.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2022
Noun
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Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
12 June 2025
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Odell, the author of celebrity biographies like Anna, as well as the essay collection Tales from the Back Row, tells PEOPLE that turning her pen to Paltrow’s story felt like a natural next step.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptwriter. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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