scrivener
Example Sentences
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Instead, he decided to take the test to become a judicial scrivener, a job similar to being a paralegal that has a 3 percent acceptance rate.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021
In "Minor Feelings," Hong firmly rejects the idea of having the authority to act as a scrivener or "spokesperson" for any racial identity.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2020
“With submission, what word, sir,” asked Turkey, respectfully crowding himself into the contracted space behind the screen, and by so doing, making me jostle the scrivener.
From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015
I can relate to Melville’s Bartleby the scrivener: I frequently prefer not to.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014
No, no; it will be done as if a scrivener had dictated every word, and in a courtly hand.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
