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as in writers
a person who creates a written work
the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom
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as in scribes
one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts
the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener
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Noun
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But as the practice evolved, eager writers like Jefferson and John Adams (but not George Washington or James Madison, for instance), gravitated to a richer, sympathy-bearing idiom, which no doubt bled into intimate speech, now lost.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026 -
The backstory Enviably located in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in the 7th arrondissement, the property is housed in the former Hôtel Cayré, where artists and writers once resided.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Does the use of ambient AI scribes improve patient care and health outcomes?—
Michelle Andrews,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The scribes replaced by movable type lost their livelihoods, but literacy spread to millions.—
Zack Kass,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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And later Irish authors would continue to draw on his work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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The study authors then fed this information into a detailed three-dimensional computer model designed to simulate the sun’s internal magnetic machinery.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Scriveners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriveners. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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