as in writer
a person who is skilled with words
From a young age he showed talent as a wordsmith, always putting thoughts to paper with eloquence and ease.
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Recent Examples of wordsmith
There, Brewer helped to launch the careers of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and wordsmith Shel Silverstein.
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 14 Mar. 2024
Back then, people fought for sport and who was the best wordsmith.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Though the mainstream country's most successful wordsmith of the past decade, Gorley sang and played the keyboard along with Malone's hits.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
Longtime Courier Journal columnist Bob Hill has always been a wordsmith but wasn't always a writer.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 14 Mar. 2024
Back then, people fought for sport and who was the best wordsmith.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Though the mainstream country's most successful wordsmith of the past decade, Gorley sang and played the keyboard along with Malone's hits.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
Longtime Courier Journal columnist Bob Hill has always been a wordsmith but wasn't always a writer.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wordsmith
Noun
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Connecting with fellow writers at the Northern California Writers’ Retreat provided both emotional support and practical knowledge.—
Jaclyn Westlake,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Whys technique would be to expand the training dataset with more diverse and contextually rich examples, implement rigorous evaluation metrics that compare against human experts and involve linguists throughout the development process.—
Mohammad Adnan,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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For many forensic linguists, the case is a test of the legitimacy of their emerging field.—
Julia Webster Ayuso,
The Dial,
21 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The best storytellers will use this technology to go faster but never shallower.—
Yael Klass,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Artists, the natural storytellers of our culture, couldn’t get platforms to share their vision.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
10 May 2025
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“Wordsmith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordsmith. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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