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
But far more frequently, the letter writers asked for information without expressing a direct stake in the answer.
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Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Every personal finance article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of financial products.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
During a speech on the tour, the queen thanked the Reagan administration for its support in Britain’s conflict over the Falkland Islands, according to writer David Charter.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
Times staff writer Ben Wieder in Washington contributed to this report.
—Ana Ceballos
follow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Every personal finance article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of financial products.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
During a speech on the tour, the queen thanked the Reagan administration for its support in Britain’s conflict over the Falkland Islands, according to writer David Charter.
—Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026
Times staff writer Ben Wieder in Washington contributed to this report.
—Ana Ceballos
follow, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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That study’s authors suggested that, despite having larger total cranial capacity (more room in their skulls), Neanderthals, on average, had smaller cerebellums than Homo sapiens.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cowritten with veteran author Lin Oliver, Hawn's book follows three outlier elementary school students who strike up a friendship and decide to find a home for a rambunctious shelter dog.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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How zines taught Jeff Miller to be a novelist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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American critic and novelist Susan Sontag had her as a likely future contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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According to his biographer Walter Isaacson, Musk disabled Starlink access within a hundred kilometers of the coast of Crimea in September 2022 in order to prevent an attack by Ukrainian drone submarines on the Russian Navy.—
Ben Tarnoff,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
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Royal biographer Robert Hardman also sees a bit of Queen Elizabeth II in the young royal, who is the late monarch's great-granddaughter.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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Jimbo is a storyteller and clown with a message of love, tolerance and acceptance.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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For Showalter, whose past work has rarely ventured this far into fear, the challenge will be sustaining a coherent tone without losing the emotional highs and lows that define Hoover as a storyteller.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
27 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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