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Recent Examples of scribbler
In keeping with the book’s first-person format, Catherine keeps a diary and introduces the various other characters with the wit of a budding Jane Austen — the difference being, this young scribbler has no interest in wedding bells.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
But Wessex isn’t the only challenge facing the struggling scribbler.
—Geoffrey Himes, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
The notebooks are also heavier and handsomer than the typical pocket scribbler.
—Michael Calore, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
Take the experience of José Delbo, an 87-year-old scribbler of superheroes highlighted in Matt Pearce’s story on the NFT craze.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
But Wessex isn’t the only challenge facing the struggling scribbler.
—Geoffrey Himes, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
The notebooks are also heavier and handsomer than the typical pocket scribbler.
—Michael Calore, Wired, 18 Nov. 2021
Take the experience of José Delbo, an 87-year-old scribbler of superheroes highlighted in Matt Pearce’s story on the NFT craze.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribbler
Noun
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The writer’s closest surviving relatives—her brother’s children—are the heirs to her estate and obviously signed off on the book.—
Evelyn McDonnell
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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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
Noun
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Those editorials were disgracefully wrong, but Buckley had changed by the 1960s, as WFB biographer Alvin Felzenberg has recounted at length and Tanenhaus acknowledges in the book.—
The Editors,
National Review,
2 June 2025
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The Pulitzer-winning biographer explores the life of the celebrated American writer. 5.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Such talent is rare, but speaking to the most profound layers of our humanity is not solely the preserve of wordsmiths.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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He might be best known as the Minnesota-via-Brooklyn frontman of the Hold Steady, a punk bar-band wordsmith specializing in down-and-out tales with a Midwest flavor.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.—
Talia Lavin,
The New Republic,
29 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Cords dangle uncovered from teensy lamps, pens live in a vintage-looking tomato can, and there’s a random magic 8 ball next to the huge hatbox for the huge hat.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
12 June 2025
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Odell, the author of celebrity biographies like Anna, as well as the essay collection Tales from the Back Row, tells PEOPLE that turning her pen to Paltrow’s story felt like a natural next step.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
12 June 2025
Noun
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The Wall Street Journal first reported on the hack.—
Sean Lyngaas,
CNN Money,
15 June 2025
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Most people optimize from the top down, focusing on broad targeting and audience hacks.—
Waleed Najam,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Joshi is coauthor of a 2021 study that explores not only why succession plans fail, but why the personal psychology of the CEO often plays a defining role.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The impact of extra red tape Roberts, the study's coauthor, highlighted one other timely implication of his team's results.—
Leslie Walker,
NPR,
20 May 2025
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Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Scribbler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribbler. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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