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Recent Examples of linguist
Seiler is on the Southern California News Group editorial board and was a Russian linguist in the U.S. Army.
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John Seiler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
It was written by a retired linguist and paranormal hobbyist who skeptics felt played with the truth.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
The word originally referred to a list of prices in the context of shipping, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic told NPR.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
My obsession with this topic started with research from linguist Andrew Bray.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
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John Seiler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
It was written by a retired linguist and paranormal hobbyist who skeptics felt played with the truth.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
The word originally referred to a list of prices in the context of shipping, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic told NPR.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
My obsession with this topic started with research from linguist Andrew Bray.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguist
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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
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The Visionary Tribute is designed to recognize boundary-pushing work that will inspire the next generation of storytellers.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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The collaboration will also inform the development of new AI tools, ensuring that emerging technologies align with the needs of storytellers.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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The works of African American novelist and essayist John Edgar Wideman were read by WORDTheatre members Gary Dourdan, Chris Chalk and Ronald Guttman at the Players Club.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
18 May 2025
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Lucky for us, the Chicago Humanities Festival has paired her with another fabulous genre-bending essayist — Evanston’s own Eula Biss.—
Jennifer Day,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2025
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White worked for the infamous InfoWars media site run by fabulist Alex Jones.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
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The Irishman — long and boring, based on the self-serving memoirs of a fabulist and a creep — was supposed to be the film of the year.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguist. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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