dictated

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The former first lady wrote “Millie’s Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush,” which reached the number one spot on the New York Times nonfiction best seller list in the fall of 1990.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2017

She co-authored the study called “A Pace Not Dictated by Electrons.”

From Forbes • Apr. 1, 2013

Dictated by incurable disease, the plot is inexorable but surprises with the ways that death can twist the living.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2011

Bush's dog, Millie, wrote a best-selling book called, "Millie's Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush"?

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2010

Dictated a long letter to Callwell, Director of Military Operations at the War Office, on the suicidal behaviour of the Military Censor.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir