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
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
I am a wordsmith, and he writes for a living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
I'm no wordsmith, but I'm just gonna do my best.
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
She was best known for her outspoken advocacy and her charismatic delivery and was a friend of fellow wordsmiths Maya Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
This year, the wordsmiths also filtered out numerous five-letter words because Wordle and Quordle players clearly use the company’s site in search of them as they play the daily games, Sokolowski said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023
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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