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author

[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /


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to write computer programs
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She is also the author of three picture books for children, "Rectangle Time" and "It Simply Can't Be Bedtime."

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Tasneem Abdur-Rashid, an author and single mum of two, echoes Thomas' opinion and wants to relieve the pressure she puts on herself to do something different with her children every day.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Bestselling author and famed election and sports projection-model creator Nate Silver reposted the poll on Friday, writing: “This is what’s wrong with Britain.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

"Ajimu contains the only site in the world where fossils of the giant salamander family and extant genera have both been found," says first author Masahiro Noda.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

The author, Mary Wollstonecraft, argued that women weren’t naturally inferior to men but lacked educational opportunities that allowed them to achieve equality.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The authors of the study said this indicates it could still be under-diagnosed, particularly in older age groups.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

However, the authors pointed to several possible explanations.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

According to Clark, who also authors the Capital Flows and Asset Markets blog, the financial architecture built during the Thatcher-Reagan revolution of the 1980s is being dismantled.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

“Overall, people are taking a rather pessimistic view of their financial situation over the next twelve months,” according to the survey’s authors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Books, on the other hand, provided a dialog between me and the authors who had written them.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Nearly four decades since he co-founded the biotech Regeneron, Yancopoulos has more than 1,000 patents worldwide, including 77 granted in the U.S., and has authored more than 500 scientific papers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Blumenfield, who authored a motion to start the process, called the law, along with its punishments of a $1,000 fine and up to six months in jail, “uncommonly silly.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The blueprint has been authored, external by the Re:State think tank which Burnham was involved with until he stepped down as mayor of Greater Manchester.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Chief Justice John Roberts, who authored the opinions in Slaughter and Cook, handed them down as a paired set, as though one counterbalanced the other.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

Enstice's conclusion was further discredited by Dr. Werner Spitz, who had authored the medical treatise Enstice had relied on in her forensic pathology training.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The artists credited with creating Franklin and authoring his books did not respond to requests from the BBC for comment.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2025

He ultimately rose to the level of chess grandmaster — the highest ranking possible — while authoring a series of strategy books and eventually appealing to a new generation of chess enthusiasts through social media.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 21, 2025

He led the major leagues in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage in 2025, all while authoring his fourth 50-homer campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

For the next couple of months, Ben Mathis-Lilley will be authoring the newsletter, and he loves receiving unconstructive criticism in the form of email.

From Slate Jun. 14, 2025

To be sure, men and women have long been authoring their own content, beginning with drawings on cave walls up through Gutenberg and the typewriter.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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