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
In addition to starring, Goldstein is the writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner on the series.
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Ted Lasso and Shrinking writer and actor Brett Goldstein is getting into a new line of work — the world’s oldest profession — in his next series.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
But as Sargeant argues, drawing on an essay by the conservative writer Felix James Miller, treating a husband as only a provider reduces him to a fungible funding source, rather than an integral part of a family with his own unique contributions to make.
—Anna Louie Sussman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
Also among Darnielle’s own crew are the Replacements’ Tommy Stinson and producer and co-writer Matt Douglas.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2025
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
Ted Lasso and Shrinking writer and actor Brett Goldstein is getting into a new line of work — the world’s oldest profession — in his next series.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
But as Sargeant argues, drawing on an essay by the conservative writer Felix James Miller, treating a husband as only a provider reduces him to a fungible funding source, rather than an integral part of a family with his own unique contributions to make.
—Anna Louie Sussman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
Also among Darnielle’s own crew are the Replacements’ Tommy Stinson and producer and co-writer Matt Douglas.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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Celebrated author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn brings Homer’s great epic to vividly poetic new life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And the author also indicated that Ferguson’s charity work could be looked into.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In truth, a novelist is uniquely qualified to write sports fiction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The true-crime movie stars stiller as novelist Norman Mailer, who befriended convict Jack Henry Abbott (Farrell).—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Some very conservative biographer writes a biography of Ronald Reagan and some very liberal historian rights a biography of Reagan.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, President Ronald Reagan biographer Craig Shirley compared Ingrassia to the Democratic nominee to become Virginia’s next attorney general, Jay Jones.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The common ingredients are incredible storytellers who are excited about trying to make a series that feels authentic and realistic, and maybe feels familiar, but in a way that also feels elevated and sophisticated.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The loveliest is that both books and gardens continue to bear fruit years after the storyteller and the gardener are long gone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His father, an Iranian-American poet and English professor at Queens College in New York City, has not responded to requests for comment.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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There are love letters to the dead in Lasky’s life interwoven into these essays, including to her father (a judge who died, slowly, from Alzheimer’s), her artist mother, her dog Lucy, beloved poet friends, Mayer herself.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Writer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writer. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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