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as in writer
a person who creates a written work
a brilliant novel by a first-time author
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as in founder
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
the author of modern genetics
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as in Creator
capitalized
the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe
let us thank the Author of our being for all the blessings He has bestowed
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as in to write
to compose and set down on paper the words of
authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson
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Recent Examples of author
Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Wine and dine time Sunday brings the return of Dan’s Rosé Soirée, hosted this year by cookbook author and TV personality Katie Lee Biegel.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 May 2025
What To Know Senate Bill 3070, authored by state Senator Bob Hall, replaced his original proposal to abolish the lottery with a plan to dissolve the Texas Lottery Commission instead.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Noun
President Trump has denied any connection to Project 2025, a conservative political platform document whose author is the Heritage Foundation.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Wine and dine time Sunday brings the return of Dan’s Rosé Soirée, hosted this year by cookbook author and TV personality Katie Lee Biegel.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Verb
In a brief authored by Bradley Ruskin and other attorneys from Proskauer Rose, the ATP aims to persuade U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett to enforce a forum selection clause, which dictates where disputes will be heard, and toss the case.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 May 2025
What To Know Senate Bill 3070, authored by state Senator Bob Hall, replaced his original proposal to abolish the lottery with a plan to dissolve the Texas Lottery Commission instead.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for author
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Connecting with fellow writers at the Northern California Writers’ Retreat provided both emotional support and practical knowledge.—
Jaclyn Westlake,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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But even smaller-scale projects can be impactful, insists John Doran , founder, president and owner of PlugIn Stations Online (PISO), a Valatie, N.Y.-based installer of EV chargers and infrastructure across the Northeast.—
Matt Alderon,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Resources will include free content and access to a network designed specifically to help women founders thrive.—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
20 May 2025
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One study in The New York Times in 2020 showed that 95% of over 7,000 books surveyed were written by white people.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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For the cinephile who desires a reprieve from big-budget Hollywood movies, check out this charming French rom-com written and directed by promising filmmaker Laura Piani.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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The Friday before the new Netflix adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel Forever was set to release, its creator Mara Brock Akil was power-walking through New York City for exercise.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
16 May 2025
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With the Triton, Acer will target content creators as much as gamers.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Daughtry is also a New York Times bestselling author, having penned All This Time, and co-authored, with Iaconis and Rachael Lippincott, the #1 bestseller Five Feet Apart — which was adapted from Daughtry and Iaconis’ screenplay of the same name.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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But that was true six years ago when Aaron McKinney, an African American millennial and member of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party Executive Committee, penned an editorial about the importance of the party opening their primaries.—
John Opdycke,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 May 2025
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In the early 1980s, before Will Harlan was born, his father, H. William (Bill) Harlan, was hiking in the mountains above Napa Valley and stumbled upon a hidden valley.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The suspect’s father told us his son had a childhood obsession with pyrotechnics In an interview with my colleague Jenny Jarvie, the suspect’s estranged father, Richard Bartkus, said the boy, then 9, set his family’s Yucca Valley home on fire.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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“Author.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/author. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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