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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
Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Victoria Song is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 Apr. 2026
Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The lack of a county- or city-wide vote now should not absolve them from authoring a more transparent, detailed and community-first project.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Nataliya Gumenyuk is a Ukrainian journalist and author who specializes in international relations and human rights.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Victoria Song is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
Kennard has now authored several headlining performances in purple and gold.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The lack of a county- or city-wide vote now should not absolve them from authoring a more transparent, detailed and community-first project.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for author
Noun
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As a Jewish food writer and anthropologist of sorts, Joan Nathan had always been interested in her own family’s history.—
Jackie Hajdenberg,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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Every baseball fan who reads your venerable newspaper knows this great Hall of Fame baseball writer would never have deigned to explain the Mets’ disastrous spring with the aid of these equations.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Watkins, founder of the YBMen Project which provides young Black men with a safe place to discuss their mental health, manhood and social support, said studies show that 10% of Black adults experience moderate to severe depression, while 18% experience anxiety disorders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Physicist, engineer, and founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, a company scaling technology to produce cheap natural gas with sunlight and air with gigascale atmospheric hydrocarbon synthesis.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
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Subscribe today Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore, while Leonie is away preparing for CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE event, featuring names like former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and Capital Group CEO Mike Gitlin.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Venezuelan government has encouraged citizens to write him letters.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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Beef Season 2 tackles everything from healthcare inequity to class dynamics and diaspora identity, and a majority of it was inspired by real-life events, creator Lee Sung Jin said.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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More recently, Higher Ground has been setting up projects outside of Netflix, including the HBO sketch comedy series Life Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, from creator Larry David and Jeff Schaffer, which premieres in June.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2026
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson penned her own opinion concurring in judgment.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Apr. 2026
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Kavanaugh penned a concurrence that questioned the lower court ruling, writing that ethnicity cannot be the sole reason why somebody is stopped but could be a relevant factor.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Word of Smith’s death had shattered his family, especially his father, who can’t believe his son is gone.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Who cares about the fact that her friend cheated when her child was poisoned by her husband and her father?—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Author.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/author. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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