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Recent Examples of linguist
But the trio also emphasized the contributions of the production teams, which included designers, fight coordinators and a linguist who created Chakobsa, the language spoken by the Fremen in the film.
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Kai Naima Williams, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
How forensic linguists use grammar, syntax and vocabulary to help crack cold cases.
—Justin Salhani, The Dial, 19 Dec. 2024
Among those in the group are cultural anthropologists, master tattooists, linguists, geographers, historians and choreographers from Somoa, Tonga, Tahiti and the Solomon Islands, as well as Native Hawaiian deep-sea navigators.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
For example, the Classical Period from 510 B.C. to 323 B.C. is one where Greeks weren't learning many other languages, says Eleanor Dickey, a linguist and professor of the Classics at the University of Reading.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
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Kai Naima Williams, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
How forensic linguists use grammar, syntax and vocabulary to help crack cold cases.
—Justin Salhani, The Dial, 19 Dec. 2024
Among those in the group are cultural anthropologists, master tattooists, linguists, geographers, historians and choreographers from Somoa, Tonga, Tahiti and the Solomon Islands, as well as Native Hawaiian deep-sea navigators.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
For example, the Classical Period from 510 B.C. to 323 B.C. is one where Greeks weren't learning many other languages, says Eleanor Dickey, a linguist and professor of the Classics at the University of Reading.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguist
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The novelist was catapulted to worldwide fame when her spicy fantasy novel Fourth Wing — the first of five in her Empyrean series — became a bestselling sensation and one of the hottest reads of 2023.—
Maggie Fremont,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Each year, Austenites flock to locations all across southwest England, where the novelist spent most of her life.—
Cat Sposato,
AFAR Media,
17 Jan. 2025
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The filmmaker, who has amassed an impressively diverse resume that spans genres, budgets and blockbusters, made the most of his time in the spotlight by retracing his festival roots and delivering a call to action to all of the storytellers in the room.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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Correspondent Lee Cowan talked with actor Robert Redford, founder of the non-profit Sundance Institute, about the history of the festival, and of the filmmakers' labs that help up-and-coming cinematic storytellers hone their craft.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The courtly Time-magazine essayist who described the American Century with wit, outrage, and wry wisdom By Roger Rosenblatt Read On The Seasoned Traveler Enrique Olvera The Mexican chef behind Cosme and Pujol reveals his travel routine Read On Going Anywhere Soon?—
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7 Dec. 2024
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Mann was aiming at his brother Heinrich, a novelist and an essayist of nearly equal renown, whose liberal politics led him to support Germany’s enemies, France and Britain.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2024
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The infamous Long Island fabulist needs revenue from the podcast to pay the $205,000 in forfeiture cash that would be due a month before sentencing, his lawyers wrote in a letter to Federal Court Judge Joanna Seybert.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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Then there are the fabulist reimaginings, like the Coen Brothers classic O Brother, Where Art Thou?—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguist. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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