scriptwriter
noun
a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
scriptwriters
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pluralof scriptwriter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Three years before the Olympics, LA28 organizers gave International Olympic Committee officials the kind of Games preview that even Hollywood’s best scriptwriters couldn’t plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Ms. Womack was one of the scriptwriters for “Niyah and the Multiverse.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
A similar strike by scriptwriters was resolved last month after 148 days.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2023
They wanted not necessarily to replace scriptwriters with generative AI, but they wanted the option to do so.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
She decried the culture in Hollywood that devalues writers, telling the Guardian there is a “merciless gag” in which scriptwriters are “the lowest of the low.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2023
