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as in parodist
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as in essayist
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Recent Examples of satirist
Jules Feiffer, the provocative satirist, cartoonist, playwright and 1960s counterculturist who wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols‘ classic Carnal Knowledge and Robert Altman‘s Popeye, has died.
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Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
The Mark Twain Prize honors individuals who've made an impact on American society in ways similar to the award's namesake, the satirist and social commentator who was born Samuel Clemens.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
The red carpet show hosted prior to the event on ITV 2 will be presented by DJ Harriet Rose alongside satirist and comedian Munya Chawawa.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Opened by Irishmen Mike Jewell and Danny McDonald in 1995 and named after the Irish satirist Jonathan Swift, the East Village’s Swift Hibernian Lounge checks all those boxes.
—airmail.news, 7 Aug. 2024
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Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
The Mark Twain Prize honors individuals who've made an impact on American society in ways similar to the award's namesake, the satirist and social commentator who was born Samuel Clemens.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
The red carpet show hosted prior to the event on ITV 2 will be presented by DJ Harriet Rose alongside satirist and comedian Munya Chawawa.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Opened by Irishmen Mike Jewell and Danny McDonald in 1995 and named after the Irish satirist Jonathan Swift, the East Village’s Swift Hibernian Lounge checks all those boxes.
—airmail.news, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirist
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Amid Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s flurry of EDM and heritage-rock shows is this master musical parodist’s.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2025
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Tickets for the pop parodist are priced from $159 to $39 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. Yankovic, 64, began playing the accordion at the age of seven and grew up listening to Elton John, Spike Jones, Allan Sherman, Stan Freberg and Frank Zappa.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
23 Sep. 2024
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Bob Brody, a consultant and essayist, is author of the memoir Playing Catch with Strangers: A Family Guy (Reluctantly) Comes of Age.—
Bob Brody,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2025
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Lilly Milman is an essayist based in Boston, Massachusetts.—
Lilly Milman,
Vox,
6 Feb. 2025
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More recently, Irish novelists Sally Rooney and Claire Keegan have had huge international success.—
Kathy Rose O'Brien,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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Morrison knew there wasn’t much of a precedent for a novelist writing a successful play.—
Elon Green,
Vulture,
5 Mar. 2025
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White is simply too gifted a dramatist, and too acute an observer of human foibles, for these concerns to feel forced.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ackermann, like Ford, is one of fashion’s dramatists, deftly wielding strong shoulders, sinuous draping, and an audacious use of rich color in both his women’s and men’s work, an approach that garnered him the adoration of the likes of Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet—and, clearly, Mr. Ford.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2025
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Zoom in: Also on display are Japanese woodblock prints from artists like Toyokuni and Hiroshige — works Monet and his fellow impressionists were deeply inspired by them when crafting their own re-creations of nature.—
Meira Gebel,
Axios,
3 Mar. 2025
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Macy decided to do a little more research into the piece by the American impressionist, which depicted St Patrick's Church in New York.—
Jack Beresford,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Wilde was outraged by the Lord Chamberlain’s denial of his and other English playwrights’ right to free creative expression.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Mar. 2025
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In addition to Othello, several other shows were in previews: Purpose, the new play from Appropriate playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Phylicia Rashad, began previews at the Helen Hayes, taking $300,892 for seven performances, filling 94% of seats.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Anna Fiorentino is a storyteller focused on outdoors, adventure, and travel.—
Anna Fiorentino,
AFAR Media,
28 Feb. 2025
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Bridging the Gap Huemer believes the climate conversation needs a new kind of leadership—one that brings together artists, storytellers, engineers, and industrialists.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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By Timothy O'Grady July 8, 2024 Belfast: city of riveters, inventors, linen mill girls, boxers, pamphleteers, revolutionaries, Lambeg drummers, Irish bagpipers, mission hall preachers, and mustachioed burghers with pocket watches.—
Timothy O'Grady,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 July 2024
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However Elena’s modelling career takes off, while Eddie spends his days wandering the streets of New York getting into fights with pamphleteers.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
19 May 2024
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“Satirist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satirist. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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