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wordsmith

[wurd-smith] / ˈwɜrdˌsmɪθ /






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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

Liebling didn’t profess to be the best wordsmith who ever lived, but he did say that he could write faster than anyone who could write better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

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

One honour the Salford-born wordsmith has agreed to accept is the 2025 Northern Music Award, which he will receive at a ceremony in Liverpool on Thursday.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025

But Tariq liked to think himself a wordsmith, so it all got worse after they started hanging around.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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

He consults great wordsmiths such as Joan Didion, Joni Mitchell and Annie Dillard to convey the fear and awe that California weather inspires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024

“Here’s all these lyrical masters, who are not that much older than my brother or my younger uncle, who were just these wordsmiths, and I just was mesmerized by it.”

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 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

Over the years, wordsmiths from Noah Webster to Jacques Barzun have suggested that maybe we should ditch Choose one: The girl that married dear old Dad or The girl who married dear old Dad.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner


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