authorship
noun
au·thor·ship
ˈȯ-thər-ˌship 
1
: the profession of writing
2
: the source (such as the author) of a piece of writing, music, or art
3
: the state or act of writing, creating, or causing
Examples of authorship in a Sentence
His first attempt at authorship failed.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
Tools like IntelliCode suggest code completions in context, while CodeLens gives quick insight into authorship, changes, and testing history.
—PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
Volvo, however, wanted the cachet associated with an Italian automotive design studio, and kept the model’s Swedish authorship in the background.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Through this first series, the collective defined its approach to radical openness and the geography of liminalities using the line as a means of questioning the protocols of authorship, space, and time.
—Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for authorship
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“Authorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authorship. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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authorship
noun
au·thor·ship
ˈȯ-thər-ˌship
1
: writing as an occupation
2
: the origin especially of a written work
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