wordsmith
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A talented wordsmith who writes his own books, and with a bestselling memoir penned before he considered running for office?
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Lorenz Hart was a great American wordsmith, and a great American catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Until recently considered a sign of carelessness or even stupidity, the error is now seen by some to be the indelible fingerprint of a human wordsmith.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2025
When he saw a class solely focused on “El Divo de Juárez,” whom his grandmother loved, he recognized the opportunity to learn the language from a master wordsmith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
The categories of grammar reflect the building blocks of thought—time, space, causality, matter—and a philosophical wordsmith can play with them to awaken her readers to metaphysical conundrums.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Like many radio professionals in the 1950s, Serling leapt at the chance to work in television, a visual medium that paradoxically depends on wordsmiths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It was no surprise that the album featured verses from the West Coast’s Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, the Creator, who are some of the best wordsmiths out right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
They’re a rare opportunity to meet other wordsmiths and talk shop, whether sharing plot devices or navigating the opaque publishing world.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
One of the fiercest wordsmiths on the planet, Nicki Minaj burst on to the scene with 2010's Pink Friday, at a time when female MCs were missing from mainstream hip-hop.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023
Aspiring wordsmiths would do well to cultivate this awareness.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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