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Recent Examples of scribbler
We should be concerned not just for our personal pocketbooks but for the state of our art—and the current moment calls for dreamers, strummers, and scribblers to be unusually thoughtful, tactical, and shrewd.
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Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
This was a jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing conga line of events too ludicrous for even the most brazen Hollywood script scribblers.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
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.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
But Wessex isn’t the only challenge facing the struggling scribbler.
—Geoffrey Himes, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
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Sean Michaels, The New Yorker, 21 June 2023
This was a jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing conga line of events too ludicrous for even the most brazen Hollywood script scribblers.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
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.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
But Wessex isn’t the only challenge facing the struggling scribbler.
—Geoffrey Himes, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribbler
Noun
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Every writer, artist, and editor here feels that way.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Despite their current confidence in the group, one NFL writer pointed to Dallas' decision to allow Rico Dowdle to walk in free agency as a move that contributes to what could be viewed as a mediocre offseason.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Noun
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At the age of 4, Laster was taught to read by her grandmother, something her close friend and biographer Holly Jenkins-Livers remarked was not only rare for a child that young, but especially so given the times.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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On July 1, The Times published an excerpt containing the claim made in a recent edition of royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith's Substack, Royals Extra.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
2 July 2025
Noun
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As a wordsmith, something of who Gayden was as a man becomes evident.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The hyphen in Molly Jong-Fast’s last name bridges two distinct lineages of wordsmiths.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
7 June 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
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Other small but apt touches include a Polaroid camera, a Clueless board game, and fuzzy pens, layered.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
10 July 2025
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Gaylord also offers a room package that includes a DC Super Hero Supply Pack with an autograph book, a projector pen, a superhero cape and more.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 July 2025
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Marks & Spencer projects the hack will cost it up to £300 million in operating profits this year.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Still, phone hacks are more common than most people realize.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Dental anthropologist and study coauthor Joel Irish also took forensic measurements of the man’s teeth and cranium, which matched best with a Western Asian individual.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
2 July 2025
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All 10 already belong to an existing international organization, the Council of the Baltic Sea States, that Landsbergis and a coauthor of a recent report, former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, believe could be recast and reinvented as a powerful regional alliance.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
28 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 20 Jul. 2025.
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