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Prabhakar had assigned “Bettering Myself,” a short story by acclaimed author Ottessa Moshfegh, in her Freshman English II course.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
The author is angered by student loans, which take time and paperwork to repay and which she would replace with direct grants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Allegations of undisclosed AI use have been leveled against the author of this year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
College of Medicine at the University of Vermont and first author on the report.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 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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Average sodium consumption continues to exceed recommended levels, while potassium intake is frequently "far below optimal levels in both developed and developing nations," according to the authors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
When authors divorce themselves from film versions of their work, it’s usually a matter of creative disagreement.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
“That Buzz Busby was a frustrating, self-destructive, supremely talented figure remains beyond dispute,” write the authors, Kip Lornell and Tom Mindte.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“I was trying to copy authors more skilled than I was and wasn’t taking the time to find my own voice.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 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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Data “help people find order and systemize an incredibly chaotic process,” said Wang, who authored a study on self-datafication and dating spreadsheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
Bank of America’s global automobile-industry note, authored by lead analyst Horst Schneider and team, analyzed May sales data and observed that the biggest drag on the sector worldwide was the depressed Chinese market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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
By the time I retired in 1986, after thirty-three years at Langley, I had authored or coauthored twenty-six research reports and tutored countless students.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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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
When it came to telling Ono’s story, Sheff found himself at loggerheads over the ethics of authoring her biography.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025
Kantor and Liptak suggest that he seized the opinion from Alito, authoring it himself.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2024
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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