published

adjective

pub·​lished ˈpə-blisht 

1

: produced or released for distribution in a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.

citing a variety of published sources

The ghostwriter will write the article … and send it along to the physician, who may make some changes or simply sign it as written and submit it to a journal, usually scrubbed of any mention of the ghostwriter. … David says he rarely even sees the published articles he writes.

—Carl Elliott

2

: having one's work published

a published poet/novelist

… a couple of published authors promised to introduce her to their agents.

—Hal Lancaster

In his three decades as a published writer, Andre Dubus produced a baker's dozen of books, mainly collections of short stories.

—John B. Breslin

Examples of published in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But no published evidence supports the technology’s compatibility with those other viruses. —Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025

Image Much of Didion’s published writing, particularly about her daughter’s mental health (she was given many psychiatric diagnoses over the years, culminating in multiple personality disorder), can feel like a whisper the reader strains to hear, but never quite does. —Lauren Christensen, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025

Through a reproducibility lens, students evaluate claims in published studies as contingent on the transparency and soundness of the evidence and analysis on which the claims are based. —Richard Ball, The Conversation, 5 June 2025

The last round of published sampling by the FDA in 2022 found that 54 samples of human food had detectable amounts of glyphosate out of 731 analyzed. —Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 20 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of publish

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for published

• republished
• unpublished