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to compose and set down on paper the words of
authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson
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Recent Examples of authoring
Alito’s invocation of stare decisis is similarly peculiar, especially after authoring the opinion that overturned Roe.
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Samantha Riedel, Them., 6 Oct. 2025
Vought is credited with authoring the chapter on executive power.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Among Amory’s achievements are co-authoring a chapter in Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag and earning a master of Public Health in Community Health Sciences from SUNY Downstate.
—Essence, 26 Sep. 2025
The website promoting the opportunity was remarkably similar to a co-authoring site launched by Kevin Harrington, one of the original investors on Shark Tank.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
In addition to authoring several bestselling books on business modeling — including 2020’s The Invincible Company — Osterwalder now serves as the founder and CEO of Strategyzer, an innovation consultancy and software development firm that helps companies design, test, and scale new business models.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Before the Harlem Renaissance had a name, Jessie Redmon Fauset was already drafting its blueprint—curating its voices, refining its vision, and authoring novels that quietly destabilized the racial and gendered hierarchies of American letters.
—Glory Edim
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
And now the Mets are this close to authoring a bigger collapse than anything the 2007 or 2008 team ever could have imagined.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And now Johnson is co-authoring a book with Bilton on the subject.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Samantha Riedel, Them., 6 Oct. 2025
Vought is credited with authoring the chapter on executive power.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Among Amory’s achievements are co-authoring a chapter in Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag and earning a master of Public Health in Community Health Sciences from SUNY Downstate.
—Essence, 26 Sep. 2025
The website promoting the opportunity was remarkably similar to a co-authoring site launched by Kevin Harrington, one of the original investors on Shark Tank.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
In addition to authoring several bestselling books on business modeling — including 2020’s The Invincible Company — Osterwalder now serves as the founder and CEO of Strategyzer, an innovation consultancy and software development firm that helps companies design, test, and scale new business models.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Before the Harlem Renaissance had a name, Jessie Redmon Fauset was already drafting its blueprint—curating its voices, refining its vision, and authoring novels that quietly destabilized the racial and gendered hierarchies of American letters.
—Glory Edim
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
And now the Mets are this close to authoring a bigger collapse than anything the 2007 or 2008 team ever could have imagined.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And now Johnson is co-authoring a book with Bilton on the subject.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for authoring
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It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Warren uses his music as an outlet, writing songs about falling in love with his wife, Kouvr Annon, moving far from home and the guilt that comes with it, enduring bullying and navigating his adolescence after his mother kicked him out at 17.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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After penning and executive producing the sequel, Jeremy Slater is eyeing to return as screenwriter, having just announced Mortal Kombat III at New York Comic-Con.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Chinouriri only recently started penning love songs that capture emotions as intense as the ones that show up across her debut album What a Devastating Turn of Events.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Authoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authoring. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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