speechwriter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of speechwriter
Example Sentences
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One of his first hires was John McConnell, a speechwriter to Bush, and an early signal that a chairman who wants the Fed to say less still means to make his own words count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Pauken and "Cathy" were introduced by a man employed as a speechwriter for Chinese President Xi Jinping during the "Trump-China trade wars" in 2017, court filings show.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
As chief White House speechwriter during George W. Bush’s second term, I oversaw three State of the Union addresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
The book is ostensibly “authored” by McCartney even though it is an oral history that has been edited by Ted Widmer, an estimable historian and a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
With the convention drawing close, I worked with a speechwriter for the first time, a gifted young woman named Sarah Hurwitz who helped shape my ideas into a tight seventeen-minute speech.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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