mythmaker
Americannoun
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Wolfe was a mythmaker who gained a mythical stature, with his white suit, contrarian takes and irreverently vivid way with words.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Most famously, Wagner was a mythmaker who remains relevant for our time.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2020
While Acker gave dozens of candid interviews in her lifetime, and returned relentlessly to her own biography in her fiction, she was also a resolute mythmaker, burnishing her legend with the determination of a Dylan.
From Slate • May 4, 2015
NFL Films has been criticized for ignoring the dark side of football, including injuries and long-term brain damage to players, but its role has always been that of mythmaker, not investigator.
From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2015
The next thing that came in the world—the next man—was the mythmaker.
From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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