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
Ray Nothstine is a senior writer and editor and a Future of Freedom Fellow at the State Policy Network.
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Ray Nothstine, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Maybe, but mostly what this means is that the writers are going to start making stuff up.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
Evandro Cruz Silva is a sociologist and writer.
—Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
British Pakistani curator and writer Nav Haq has been announced as the curator of Lahore Biennale 04, which will open in spring 2027.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Feb. 2026
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Ray Nothstine, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Maybe, but mostly what this means is that the writers are going to start making stuff up.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
Evandro Cruz Silva is a sociologist and writer.
—Evandro Cruz Silva, The Dial, 10 Feb. 2026
British Pakistani curator and writer Nav Haq has been announced as the curator of Lahore Biennale 04, which will open in spring 2027.
—News Desk, Artforum, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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Annemarie and Michael Greipel are also credited as co-authors.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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The authors that explore the vastness of the heart often serve as our guides.—
Hannah Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Allyson Reedy is a Denver-area freelance writer, cookbook author and novelist.—
Allyson Reedy,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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Class as well as women’s rights play major roles in this dime novelist’s life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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David Greenberg, a historian at Rutgers University and a biographer of the civil-rights leader John Lewis, told me that the right could have made a persuasive case against the excessive preoccupation with slavery and racial politics that some on the left have shown.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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His biographer, Halldór Guðmundsson, states that Rome always worked on him like a drug.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Then there are the charismatic storytellers.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb. 2026
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Mary is one of the most experienced Olympic commentators ever and a master storyteller.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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The hotel champions writers and other creatives, which traces back to owner Jonathan Plutzik’s father, poet Hyam Plutzik, a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
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Annie Guthrie is a writer and poet whose book The Good Dark was published in 2012.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Writer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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