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Neuroscientist and author Dean Burnett said more people were "more anxious about doing something which could be seen as embarrassing online".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Gerard Helferich, the author of “An Unlikely Trust,” on episodes in the life of the 26th president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Most Americans just don’t have what they need to thrive,” said Steven Brown, director of insights and evidence for the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program and an author of the report.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The author is a law school professor, researcher and author of an upcoming book on the scientifically proven neural superpowers of grandmothers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Hamilton would be the draftsman, but Washington must be the author.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Changes in housing policy, retirement savings expansions, and early wealth-building accounts, such as 530A, or “Trump accounts,” can help close the wealth deficit, the authors wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
"These findings are particularly concerning because persistence is foundational to skill acquisition and is one of the strongest predictors of long-term learning," the authors wrote.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
As one of the authors quoted in PEN’s article, I’m well aware of the stakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even so, the authors argue that studies like this help close major gaps in understanding which species exhibit parental care and which do not.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
A somewhat different situation is that of two authors who must publicly review each other’s book.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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That was one of two starts of at least eight innings that he’s authored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
But in fact, they were authored by the same man, Chief Justice John Roberts, and released at the exact same time.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Over the course of his career, Gurney has authored more than 180 scientific papers that have received more than 20,000 citations.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
The first, authored by House Rep. Marcia Morey, would make disciplinary hearings and sanctions by the courts’ internal watchdog, the Judicial Standards Commission, public.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
So now I risked everything, confronting fate and the knowledge that I had authored my own demise.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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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 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
When it came to authoring his memoirs, Wolf turned to none other than Bruce Springsteen, the author of the bestselling "Born to Run" autobiography, for advice.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025
Roberts said he doesn’t expect Ohtani to steal as many bases as he did last year, when the 30-year-old swiped 59 bags while authoring baseball’s first 50-homer, 50-steal season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 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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