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as in writers
a person who creates a written work
a brilliant novel by a first-time author
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as in creators
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
the author of modern genetics
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as in writes
to compose and set down on paper the words of
authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson
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Recent Examples of authors
Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
Later, the authors of the current study decided to systematically search archival infrared data for signs of direct collapse.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
The duo is working directly with authors, publishers, and rights holders in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Greenland.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
The results suggest that passionate love is a widespread but infrequent experience for individuals, the authors write.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Barton’s book The Birth of Intertexuality (2019) is precisely a kind of tracing of the concept through the texts and thinking of different authors—which includes sections on Nietzsche’s influence on Barthes and Foucault.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
The authors speculated that the changes, which lasted for another four weeks after the individuals stopped playing, were partly due to the three-dimensional environment of Super Mario.
—Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
The law’s authors pointed to research showing that the teenage brain is vastly different from an adult’s.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The authors hail an overpayment that is only 14% (and down from 20% the prior year).
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 7 Feb. 2026
Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
The authors of the October paper stress that coaches and players need more education about the possible hazards for carriers of the sick-cell trait.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
Later, the authors of the current study decided to systematically search archival infrared data for signs of direct collapse.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
The duo is working directly with authors, publishers, and rights holders in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Greenland.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
The results suggest that passionate love is a widespread but infrequent experience for individuals, the authors write.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2026
At the same time, Barton’s book The Birth of Intertexuality (2019) is precisely a kind of tracing of the concept through the texts and thinking of different authors—which includes sections on Nietzsche’s influence on Barthes and Foucault.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
The authors speculated that the changes, which lasted for another four weeks after the individuals stopped playing, were partly due to the three-dimensional environment of Super Mario.
—Amanda Gardner, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
The law’s authors pointed to research showing that the teenage brain is vastly different from an adult’s.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The authors hail an overpayment that is only 14% (and down from 20% the prior year).
—Torie Bosch, STAT, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
While not all of the slowdown in box production can be attributable to falling demand for goods, the slump is present in other areas of the freight economy, said Adam Josephson, a longtime paper and packaging sell-side analyst who now authors an economics newsletter.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for authors
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Narratives by Black and Brown writers, stories shaped by queerness, and accounts informed by feminist critique now regularly find a place on bookstore shelves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Jacob and the Cineplex leadership team took measures to survive the pandemic impacts and later content supply disruptions in the wake of the 2023 Hollywood actors and writers strikes, before more recently riding the industry’s box office recovery to restore the company’s fortunes.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Feb. 2026
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The app supports premium subscriptions, allowing creators and publishers to provide subscribers with benefits like exclusive content and ad-free listening.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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Substack is an online platform that allows writers and other creators to reach subscribers directly through ad-free blog posts and emails.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Bryan writes for the Associated Press.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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And First Round Capital uses its First Round Review to provide founders with all-in-one distribution engines and tactical marketing playbooks, as well as engineering, management, and design skills.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
14 Feb. 2026
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one of the founders of Romanticism, was a great inspiration for the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Yousafzai pens a portrait of a young woman discovering her identity amid immense pressure.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The series kicks off when Dale Washberg (Tim Blake Nelson), a member of a powerful Oklahoma family, pens a suicide note, hides it inside a book on his shelves, and then shoots himself in the head.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, other fathers may ignore or hurt a litter’s weaker siblings.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
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Latinx people of conscience recognize our own tios, tias, primos, primas, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers in the brown faces being livestreamed with blood and agony pouring into enraged mouths asking for help.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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