proser

Definition of prosernext

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Noun
  • In classical Athens the playwright Aristophanes attacked purveyors of knowledge for being intellectually untrustworthy, essentially deceitful.
    Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Đỗ is a Vietnamese American playwright and a second-year UCSD MFA playwriting student.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The photograph documents the group, contributing to the historical record—these poets were there, those not, some are forgotten now.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Inspired by a short story from Welsh poet and author Dylan Thomas, the film is said to follow a young boy sent to spend one summer with his charismatic and wildly eccentric grandfather on a remote Welsh farm.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Michael Montemayor, the rising screenwriter with a growing social media following, has signed with CAA.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Kai Ko is separately working on a second directorial project with a new screenwriter and said the film would likely arrive in 2027 if the script comes together.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The debate centers on alternate theories proposing that Shakespeare was a front for the real dramatist (or dramatists).
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The dramatist’s mode is broader and brasher, calculated for the sweep of the stage rather than the close-up, with splashes of color and humor that can verge on camp.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But then, just as the scriptwriters were smelling another famous European night in Liverpool, Mariani was sent to the monitors by the VAR.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Suzuki Tsutomu, who served as both scriptwriter and producer, spoke to Variety about why Nippon TV moved early on AI, what happened when the technology surprised the production itself, and how the broadcaster is thinking about the model’s commercial future.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Carney is a musician’s filmmaker; a bard for the bards.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Nancy Lemann, bard of New Orleans and stylist nonpareil, has gotten a glow-up—and in some corners, there’s already been much rejoicing.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In print, the author and essayist has written about Banu Mushtaq’s literary rebellion.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Both of them were writers—Lowell a poet, Hardwick an essayist and novelist.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The attack threw into chaos one of Washington’s premier social events, which every year attracts some of the country’s most powerful people and the journalists who cover them.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Independent journalist Francys Romero first reported the decision to bring up Domínguez.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Proser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proser. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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