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
Today, their descendants are politely called writers.
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Set to John Kander and Fred Ebb's — the legendary duo behind Chicago and Cabaret — award-winning score and a book by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Condon's adaptation draws inspiration from the Broadway musical and the acclaimed 1976 novel of the same name by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig.
—Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 5 June 2025
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
Connecting with fellow writers at the Northern California Writers’ Retreat provided both emotional support and practical knowledge.
—Jaclyn Westlake, CNBC, 24 May 2025
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Set to John Kander and Fred Ebb's — the legendary duo behind Chicago and Cabaret — award-winning score and a book by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Condon's adaptation draws inspiration from the Broadway musical and the acclaimed 1976 novel of the same name by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig.
—Mekishana Pierre Updated, EW.com, 5 June 2025
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
Connecting with fellow writers at the Northern California Writers’ Retreat provided both emotional support and practical knowledge.
—Jaclyn Westlake, CNBC, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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The author has no connection to Woody Guthrie or his heirs.—
Time,
Time,
5 June 2025
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Writing at length is to me always an act of learning and changing, in which authors can strive towards something more dimensional than a platitude on a placard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
Noun
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The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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Indies held their own on super start-of-summer weekend as Jane Austen, the late 18th century British novelist and early feminist continued her box office run in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Dante is a masterful storyteller and unflinching in his recollections.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Comedian, storyteller and public speaker Ali Siddiq is on the way to the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach with his In the Shadows tour stop on Dec. 20.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Noun
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To follow the Nakasendo is to walk in the footsteps of merchants and warriors, poets and pilgrims—and to write your own story into its centuries-old landscape.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 May 2025
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The restaurant opened its doors in 1939 and was a hot spot for Greek poets and creatives such as Odysseas Elytis, Nikos Gatsos and Manos Hatzidakis.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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“Writer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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