as in author
a person who creates a written work
a writer who is still trying to get published
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Recent Examples of writer
While obituary writers sharpen their pencils, the culture remains as alive and varied as ever.
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John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 9 June 2026
All scripts are read by Academy members and five writers are ultimately selected for the fellowship.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 9 June 2026
By Jones is a writer with a strong focus on health, parenting, disability, and feminism.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026
Every student loan article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of student loan products.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 9 June 2026
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John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 9 June 2026
All scripts are read by Academy members and five writers are ultimately selected for the fellowship.
—Matt Minton, Variety, 9 June 2026
By Jones is a writer with a strong focus on health, parenting, disability, and feminism.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 9 June 2026
Every student loan article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of student loan products.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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The author’s name was never part of it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Yuval Noah Harari, the historian and author, wrote in the Financial Times that these entities would seemingly be granted traditional human rights, like being able to own assets, hire employees, trade, sue, and donate, with decisions made by AI agents and without human liability.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Published in 2020, Beach Read is a romantic comedy following January Andrews, a successful romance novelist who struggles with grief and writer’s block after her father’s death and the discovery of secrets he’s long kept hidden.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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His favorite author is young adult novelist Alan Gratz, favorite food is beef stroganoff and favorite school subject is math.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Romano’s sturdy book may not stint on examples of Mary’s bad behavior—including a ferociously jealous verbal assault, near the end of the war, on the wife of a prominent Union general—but the biographer keeps tilting against those who slighted Mary in even the most superficial ways.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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While Goodman’s paradoxes and fantasies posed challenges to me as her biographer, with the advent of AI slop and ChatGPT, our courtship with illusion (and possibly delusion) is here to stay.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Her approach of looking at the world through the lens of a non-linear storyteller felt not only timely but essential to understanding a global cultural landscape outside traditional institutional frameworks.—
Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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My life, my choices and roles, my skillsets as a producer, director, writer, comic book creator, vodcaster, storyteller of the year, my politics, my company, Color Farm Media, the impact, my partnerships, my collaboration, my future all speaks to this.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
6 June 2026
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During the Grand Tour era in the 18th century, poets, painters, and aristocrats flocked here to admire the city’s ancient ruins and baroque art and architecture—still valid reasons to visit now, though today’s travelers will find plenty of modern pleasures as well.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Robb Report,
4 June 2026
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Interest in the author’s life can curdle into obsession, as in Henry James’s The Aspern Papers, in which the narrator embraces any deception necessary to acquire the letters of a dead poet.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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