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author

[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /


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to write computer programs
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"It was no mistake of mine to call it Riverdance because it connected absolutely to Timedance," Whelan told author Leagues O'Toole in his 2006 book The Humours of Planxty.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mr. Lévy, 77, is the author of 50 books and the maker of a dozen documentary films.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Although the equations are known, it's hard to describe the process accurately because of computational difficulties," said Stefano Villani, a UChicago PME postdoctoral researcher and the study's first author.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The author penned “Blow Your House Down,” published by Counterpoint Press, an imprint of Catapult.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Along with everything else he accomplished, Bass was a prolific author and the recipient of many scientific awards.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The editorial director and senior vice president of Catapult is widely known in literary circles for his meticulous and thoughtful approach to editing and for his support of the authors he works with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Both are co-corresponding authors of the Biohub preprint, alongside Biohub engineer Pavel Olshin.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Gu and Baruch Lev, a professor of accounting and finance at New York University, are authors of the recently published book “The M&A Failure Trap.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

By looking at patterns, the authors try to uncover what’s behind declining fertility rates and what they mean for our future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Names scattered in a gossip column, authors, artists, actors and their kind, even the mediocre ones, as long as she had learnt of them in print.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

My dad authored five books on esoteric subjects such as the theory of elasticity, but he was a clear and graceful writer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Harabedian also has authored legislation that requires services to provide mortgage relief to January 2025 fire victims whose homes were destroyed or left uninhabitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

In the United States, writers group the Authors Guild has introduced a "human authored" certification mark.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Egan-Jones said the report was not written by its credit-ratings team, though it didn’t identify who authored it.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mason authored the first series book based on the rote method in 1864 called The Song Garden.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

But he left an indelible mark on the environment, authoring legislation offering incentives to recycle, limiting advertisers’ inflated claims about products’ environmental benefits and combating water and air pollution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

His career accomplishments include founding the National Museum of African American History and Culture and authoring numerous books, including one on the NMAAHC's creation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Joining Elon Musk’s platform just days before his interview with Owens dropped, Biden began tweeting with relentless energy, sometimes authoring over 100 posts a day.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

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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