authoring

present participle of author

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of authoring At the meeting, the group agreed to continue working to lay a path for authoring legislation that could result in the Bears agreeing to build their new stadium in Arlington Heights, Illinois or perhaps even Chicago. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Hays served on the pre-platform committee at the 1952 Democratic National Convention and the platform committee in 1956, co-authoring weak and ineffective civil rights planks. — Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026 Martin Kulldorff, the biostatistician known for co-authoring the Great Barrington Declaration, which advocated against Covid lockdowns, raised that question Wednesday in a lecture on rebuilding trust in science. — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026 Pan also cited authoring state legislation that repealed a food‑glove regulation as an example that will adjust to bad rules and help small businesses. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Business logic should belong to the company, not the vendor, so a future platform change never requires re-authoring rules from scratch. — Sanchet Pachpute, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Leder is a prominent voice in American Jewish affairs, authoring books and regularly appearing as a guest on national news programs. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 In one instance, Anthropic said its systems blocked a request for Claude’s assistance in authoring a grant application for scientific funding. — Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 Cal had just made the game interesting, with Sagapolutele authoring a brilliant five-play, 87-yard touchdown drive to pull the home team to within four with 13 seconds to play. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for authoring
Verb
  • During a taping of THR Presents, Jusic discussed writing a script designed around mutual misunderstanding, playing with horror tropes, and the film’s modern-day relevance.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Still, Intak, who has writing credits on every song on the EP alongside Jongseob, wanted the lyrics to show a harder, more mature edge.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the two brothers are also penning their first movie.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
  • More than 40 years after making his directorial debut with Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985), and penning the poem that would eventually inspire The Nightmare Before Christmas, Burton is expanding his artistic remit once more.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Authoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authoring. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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