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
Kyle Hoepner is a writer, editor, speaker, and outreach consultant based in Boston.
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Kyle Hoepner, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
Reach the writer at [email protected].
—Russ Wiles, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
The Emmy-winning show revolves around the relationship between Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), an out-of-touch and past-her-prime comedian, and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), an up-and-coming writer who is hired to revive Vance's struggling career.
—Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Netflix's first-ever English-language medical procedural, from Emmy winner Carlton Cuse and writer Zoe Robyn, is pitched as the platform's answer to Grey's Anatomy.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Kyle Hoepner, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
Reach the writer at [email protected].
—Russ Wiles, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
The Emmy-winning show revolves around the relationship between Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), an out-of-touch and past-her-prime comedian, and Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), an up-and-coming writer who is hired to revive Vance's struggling career.
—Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Netflix's first-ever English-language medical procedural, from Emmy winner Carlton Cuse and writer Zoe Robyn, is pitched as the platform's answer to Grey's Anatomy.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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Isn't that what in-flight announcements are for? Christopher Elliott is an author, consumer advocate, and journalist.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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That wasn’t entirely fair to the author herself, whose headstrong, unglamorous heroines and cutting observations about class and status had kept her work fresh for centuries.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Vara, a novelist and tech journalist, began experimenting with A.I. products in early 2021.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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Set in a quaint New England colonial town, Allie & Andi follows a best-selling novelist (Shields) who forms an unlikely alliance with an aspiring writer to find the killer of a close friend.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
7 Apr. 2025
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And that’s the vision these storytellers are modeling.—
Stephanie Long,
Essence,
17 Apr. 2025
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Tribeca Studios has partnered with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Miranda Family Fund to launch Colectivo, a fellowship and filmmaking program created to support the next generation of Latino storytellers.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Pearl, a poet, writer and environmental justice advocate, will be involved in the Poetic Tuesdays series and help curate interactive writing workshops.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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The poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier worked in Lowell himself for a time as editor of the Middlesex Standard and wrote his impressions of the city in his 1845 The Stranger in Lowell.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Writer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writer. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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