coauthor
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Definition of coauthor
: one who collaborates with another person in authoring a literary or dramatic work, a document, a legislative bill, etc. coauthors of many books and plays the coauthors of new legislation
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Edmunds, one of the paper’s coauthors, says in a press release. — National Geographic, "These 38 Coral Reefs Are Thriving, Despite Threats," 18 June 2018 Many researchers had thought the local variant of the Quechua language family spoken by the Chachapoyas had died out, says Barbieri’s coauthor Paul Heggarty, a linguist also at the Max Planck institute. — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, "When Genetics and Linguistics Challenge the Winners’ Version of History," 27 Mar. 2018 Vilma Barr, an editorial consultant in Philadelphia, was her coauthor. — Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, "A Penn degree was no guarantee for women in the Class of '64," 7 July 2018 This is not the first similarity that Julia Clarke, a coauthor on the study and professor at the University of Texas, Austin, has found between dinosaurs and alligators. — National Geographic, "Why T. Rex Couldn't Waggle Its Tongue," 20 June 2018 Linda Gordon, winner of two Bancroft Prizes and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, is the author of The Second Coming of the KKK, Dorothea Lange and Impounded, and the coauthor of Feminism Unfinished. — Longreads, "Oregon’s Racist Past," 12 July 2018 Schroedel is coauthor of a coalition report, published in January, about barriers facing Native voters in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and South Dakota. — Marisa Agha, latimes.com, "As Arizona approaches midterm election, Native Americans look to increase clout," 12 June 2018 According to Savage and his coauthors, their study provided the first quantitative evidence for universal features in music. — Marcus Woo, Smithsonian, "Your Brain Knows What Songs Are For, No Matter Where They Came From," 26 Jan. 2018 Ross, coauthor of the textbook Transplantation Ethics, doesn’t see it that way. — Tom Avril, Philly.com, "He had 2 heart transplants. At 43, as a new dad, he needed a third," 13 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coauthor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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