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author

[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /


VERB
to write computer programs
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Mr. Perl is an art critic and the author of the novel “We Never Called It Frisco.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Robert Ross is the founder of TikStocks and author of “A Beginner’s Guide to High-Risk, High-Reward Investing.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

So Ernest Hemingway, writing toward the end of his life, remembered being an aspiring author in Paris in the 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

"Diamond frogs have been hiding their diversity beneath our feet," said Dr. Mark D. Scherz, Curator of Herpetology at the Natural History Museum Denmark and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was said to have called the book’s author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “the little lady that started this great war.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The latest findings show a disconnect between the hype behind school phone bans and the reality, says Jason Baron, an assistant professor of economics at Duke University, and one of the study authors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

The programme also helps promote authors like herself; because of the selection, it "means 14,000 copies of my book have been sent to children in the UK".

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

Given the phrase’s innate poeticism, it’s often used by scholars, authors, casanovas and perhaps overly didactic filmmakers to convey the fleeting intensity of life’s most burning joys.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

"Together, these findings indicate that NFL players have a higher prevalence of CTE at death than has been previously shown in multiple community based studies," wrote the authors.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

But I’m just writing it anyway ’cause I know that’s how those authors I’ve been reading would do it, like in The Color Purple.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

One day before, Meta published a blog post, authored by Mosseri, about rolling out new safety features for teens.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Little, who authored policy documents regarding underground critical infrastructure, external during the 1990s, adds, "It became obvious rather quickly that you can't put everything underground."

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

When questioned about the Wells Fargo case, the department’s internal memo says, Barragan denied that he authored a supervisory inquiry and request for a criminal investigation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Dutta confirmed to MarketWatch that he authored the post.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

"But surely he's not the same Dr. Bright who authored the Treatise on Melancholy!"

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

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

Capriglione has emerged as the chamber’s leading voice on technology-related bills, including chairing the Innovation and Technology Caucus and authoring the Data Privacy and Security Act of 2023.

From Salon Jul. 26, 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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