contemporary writer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontemporaryandwriter
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contemporary
adjective
uk/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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writer
noun[C]
uk/ˈraɪ.tər/us/ˈraɪ.t̬ɚ/
a person who writes books or articles to ...
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(Definition ofcontemporaryandwriterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He has himself written many articles and is acclaimed as acontemporarywriterand poet.
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He is not mentioned by any othercontemporarywriter.
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The description of this translation by acontemporarywriteris still extant.
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He was fondly called by pudhumaipithan (contemporarywriterof his age) as sirukathaiyin thirumular.
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He used old paper, brown ink and writing implements that thecontemporarywriterwould have used - this made his documents so convincing that they fooled several experts.
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Contemporary writers have made their views amply clear.
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Sjblad soon proved to be an arbitrary county manager, and was described by acontemporarywriteras in every inch a despot.
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Supremely, better than almost any othercontemporarywriter, he can always describe these feelings and states; but they are not inscribed in the language itself.
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Acontemporarywriternoted the charm, distinction, good humour throughout the score, with tenderness without banality, and gave particular praise for the orchestration.
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Easterling is acontemporarywriterworking on the issues of urbanism, architecture, and organization in relation to the phenomena commonly defined as globalization.
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And there is indeed a good deal of evidence that in the later seventeenth century a number of contemporary writers on such matters did hold such a belief.
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Benda accused contemporary writers and intellectuals of betraying their high artistic calling, and the universal values for which they ought to speak, and succumbing to partisanship.
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Cook's careful analysis of the surviving documentation and the hypotheses set forward by contemporary writers is inconclusive.
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Dance music, swing and jazz were fraught categories in the abstract, but contemporary writers could readily articulate their social uses.
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They have always been placed late in the evening, and their particular concern with contemporary writers and themes has always been made clear in the published programmes.
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Figures given by contemporary writers are highly exaggerated, varying from 14,000 to 150,000 men.
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Contemporary writers also turned away from writing rags-to-riches plots.
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Some sung poetry performers are singer-songwriters, others use known, published poems, or collaborate with contemporary writers.
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