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artist

[ahr-tist] / ˈɑr tɪst /


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Marc Bamuthi Joseph, a spoken-word artist and actor, was vice president for social impact at the Kennedy Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

None of my friends like the artist and now I’m stuck with an extra ticket that cost me $126.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

What does a bakery owner from San Francisco have in common with a retired British Army officer, a newly-qualified Scottish lawyer, a US Marine veteran, an Edinburgh artist and a teacher from Fife?

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Despite Dickinson’s well-known struggle to believe, her poem implies a great chain of creation linking art to artist and artist to the Divine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Yes—Daddy—but all of it, really. Being an artist, living in San Francisco—having you. That’s what I wanted my whole life, my every dream come true.”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Operating under the banner “the Sound of Tomorrow,” the collective championed artists like Kaytranada, Brent Faiyaz, Bryson Tiller and Snoh Aalegra before they were household names.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

“We are going to be a champion for artists, and we’re going to unlock a tremendous amount of shareholder value,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

There’s a lot of chasing with the artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Some artists have reacted by switching up their sets in small ways each night to make sure fans coming to later dates still see something unexpected.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Or was it simply the fashion of artists to depict African Americans as foreign and exotic?

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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