scrivener

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Recent Examples of scrivener Zach Thomas Woods infuses zany comic energy into Edgar, a young Scottish lawyer and scrivener (a copier of documents), sternly religious but desperately horny and infatuated with Ruth. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023 The name of the candidate omitted in the Voter Guide is highlighted in red to emphasize the scrivener’s error. chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021 Her narrator’s final gesture, transforming herself into a piece of half-living art, echoes the odd and combative passivity of Herman Melville’s Bartleby, a scrivener who suddenly, inexplicably, refuses to perform his duties. Alexandra Kleeman, Vanities, 2 July 2018 But the scrivener simply repeated the same five words, with no explanation for his conduct. The Economist, 26 May 2018 In the short story by Herman Melville from which our new column takes its name, Bartleby was a scrivener—a dying art, nowadays. The Economist, 26 May 2018 In 1727, when Benjamin Franklin was twenty-one, he and a few friends—among them a scrivener, a joiner, and two cobblers—formed a conversation club called the Junto. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2014 Almost always, Shakespeare’s plays become mirrors when held up to the moments in which they are produced; Ralph Crane the scrivener was only the first among many annotators. Cynthia Zarin, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2017 The difference between a merchant’s handwriting and a scrivener’s is clear enough, the one scrawled and bold, the other neat and careful. Tim Parks, New York Times, 11 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrivener
Noun
  • And the writer’s astonished eyes answer: yes, that was me.
    Jayson Greene, Time, 17 June 2025
  • The platform hosts literary fiction writers like George Saunders alongside genre novelists, debut authors and even publishing’s ultimate commercial titan, James Patterson.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • The former added that her favorite part so far is having a pack made up entirely of returning scribes.
    EW.com, EW.com, 6 June 2025
  • Piani, who also wrote the screenplay, includes moments of the scribe at work — that is to say procrastinating, ruminating and occasionally disassociating from the terror of the blank page.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The Hybrid Future Despite this migration, few authors are abandoning traditional publishing entirely.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
  • TikTok’s Presence at the LA Times Festival of Books Every year, the L.A. Times Festival of Books transforms Los Angeles into a literary hub, drawing authors, publishers, passionate readers, and book lovers for a weekend of panels, discussions, book signings, and interactive experiences.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • The journalist’s tone was snarky, but there were some direct quotes from my father’s amanuenses.
    Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • By Hillary Kelly The story goes that John Milton—who went blind in his early 40s—composed 20 lines of Paradise Lost in his mind each evening, and then repeated them aloud the next day to an assortment of amanuenses, among them his three daughters.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2024

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“Scrivener.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrivener. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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