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

Cheryl, who is a published author, and Oscar-winning director Ron expanded their family four times over with the addition of their children, daughters Bryce Dallas, Jocelyn Carlyle and Paige Carlyle, as well as son Reed Cross. —Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024

Emma Cowley, then at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her colleagues found that among published studies focusing on athletic performance, only 6 percent had female-only participants; 31 percent looked exclusively at males. —Cara Ocobock, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2023

Today, Fariha is a published poet, a novelist, and a nonfiction writer, and her recent book, Who is Wellness For?, explores the ways the progressive health industry has appropriated and commodified global healing traditions and her own coming to terms with her sexuality, trauma, roots, and faith. —Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2023

Its data have been used in more published research papers than data from any other single scientific instrument, in any discipline. —Neil Degrasse Tyson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2012

The comments eventually prompted the company to remove the post, according to published reports. —Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024

Authorities are investigating how a former Giants coach, now on the Colorado Rockies’ staff, made his way into the cockpit during a team charter flight from Denver to Toronto this month, according to published reports. —Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024

According to published reports, Storr also considered UNLV, Kentucky and West Virginia. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2024

According to published reports, Coogler will produce an as-yet-untitled musical film based on the song catalog of Prince. —Spin Staff, SPIN, 23 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1