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Recent Examples of comedienne
After winning her first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for playing Jeffrey Dahmer whistleblower Glenda Cleveland in Netflix's Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the longtime sitcom comedienne reteams with Ryan Murphy for Grotesquerie.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
The legendary comedienne hit the red carpet arm in arm with another funny lady: SNL alum Kristen Wiig.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
Veteran comedienne Caroline Rhea made the tough gig of keeping the seen-it-all crowd engaged during dinner look easy, helping a live auction raise more than $160,000 from the audience of 750.
—Nicholas White, Variety, 13 May 2024
The women performers and artists of this time are so varied — comediennes, torch singers, political singers, grotesque dancers, naked dancers, dadaists and showgirls.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
The legendary comedienne hit the red carpet arm in arm with another funny lady: SNL alum Kristen Wiig.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
Veteran comedienne Caroline Rhea made the tough gig of keeping the seen-it-all crowd engaged during dinner look easy, helping a live auction raise more than $160,000 from the audience of 750.
—Nicholas White, Variety, 13 May 2024
The women performers and artists of this time are so varied — comediennes, torch singers, political singers, grotesque dancers, naked dancers, dadaists and showgirls.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedienne
Noun
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On March 1, comedian Shane Gillis will host an episode featuring Canadian pop star Tate McRae.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
18 Feb. 2025
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The ceremony was hosted by comedian Eddie Kadi and Love Island star Indiyah Polack and broadcast live on YouTube.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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If your child’s a jokester, pick up this 40-pack of scratch-offs that contain funny jokes that have to be scratched to reveal the answer.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
Fox News,
31 Jan. 2025
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The jokester who uses the expression is likely not invoking that litany of qualms.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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My droll pieces would get mentioned by George V. Higgins’ in his Lit’ry Life magazine column in the Globe.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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MacKay’s droll style and lack of charisma failed to impress voters, but colleagues and the media loved his self-deprecating sense of humor.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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By the end, the lecturer had argued that the term was in fact a meaningful one, used by Nietzsche to describe not only a buffoon who struggles to come to grips with modern ideas, but also the unconscious buffoon who does not question his own pathos.—
Tania Roettger,
The Dial,
5 Dec. 2024
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Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
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“Comedienne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedienne. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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