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author

[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /


VERB
to write computer programs
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The author writes: “Carbon pools that take thousands of years to build are immediately reduced by 61 percent with the simple act of logging with heavy machinery.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

For the 30-year-old self-published author Vianney Harelly, writing poetry is an “imperfect, messy and ugly” process, where she is allowed to break all the rules that would limit her creativity.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Purchase imperfect secondhand garden furniture where you can sit and drink tea and read an imperfectly wonderful book by your favorite author.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

"Surge-type glaciers are very unusual and can be troublesome," said lead author Dr. Harold Lovell, Senior Lecturer and glaciologist from the University of Portsmouth's School of the Environment and Life Sciences.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

I also took out two more books by the author who wrote Firestride and put one “on hold.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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