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scribe

[skrahyb] / skraɪb /
NOUN
one who transcribes professionally
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NOUN
writer
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"I will say that the Iranian state media has not been a very good scribe about what's happened in the conflict thus far. So I'm extremely skeptical of this."

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Harp also serves as something of a social media scribe for Trump, posting to his Truth Social account on his behalf.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Or as one scribe put it, the school didn’t want to be dwarfed by “a gigantic breakfast side dish.”

From MarketWatch Dec. 12, 2025

Here are questions every patient or parent should ask their providers before agreeing to let an AI scribe into the consultation room.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

Bast leaned forward, slapped Chronicler’s hand away, and grabbed the circle of dark metal before the scribe could move.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Just over a three-hour drive south, skirting the Rhine until you hit the Swiss border, heading into an Alpine gateway towards the turquoise waters of Lake Thun, footballing folklore is being scribed.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2026

Luke even remembers the name of the first song that he wrote, entitled “Where Am I,” which he scribed after the death of a friend from his church.

From Seattle Times Oct. 24, 2022

Bill Plaschke’s eloquent elegy about Kobe may be the best column he’s ever scribed.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 29, 2021

Not long ago, I spent a day following Lynden Lee as he scribed at a Massachusetts General Hospital primary-care practice.

From The New Yorker Nov. 5, 2018

Hope not till then to have my history,   What life hath scribed to scan; nor tongue nor pen   Can tell the tale, dispel the mystery,   That hides me from the dim, dull gaze of men.

From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Orson F. Whitney

Who is taking care of the patients all those scribing doctors aren’t seeing?

From The New Yorker Nov. 5, 2018

I would get John Bradley to start scribing out the entire books that George R.R.

From New York Times Aug. 30, 2017

Two decades after that first visit, Magdalen’s 15th-century cloisters, decorated with coats of arms and gargoyles, looked every bit as inspiring as I remembered, though deserted, the scholars no doubt scribing upstairs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2016

The important thing is that the Supreme Court has now closed the circle it was scribing with Bilski and Mayo vs.

From Forbes Jun. 19, 2014

We ate the food in near silence, the Korean family way, bent over the steaming crocks and dishes like scribing monks.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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