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Caro Claire Burke, the author of this summer’s runaway bestseller, “Yesteryear,” is one of the book’s greatest champions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The modeling was developed by first author Tahiry Rajaonarison, a postdoctoral researcher at New Mexico Tech who earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech while working in Stamps's lab.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
It’s also important not to assign any meaning to a boss’s actions before talking to them, said Tessa West, a psychology professor at New York University and author of the book “Jerks at Work.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
The author of “People Love Dead Jews” argues that rising antisemitism cannot be fought using the methods that have failed before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
And he was soon to be a published author, too.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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
As the authors tell us, Operation Underworld would not be acknowledged until a decade after the war—and then only tacitly—because of the unsavory characters involved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or other funders.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 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
Some of the earliest authors wrote on clay.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Susan Spence, chair of the ISM manufacturing business survey, who authored the report, said in an interview that she’s “starting to see warning signs” that customers are not spending money on orders.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
The addictive nature of autoplay and other features is “harmful, full stop, and that they’re not appropriate for the developing brain,” said Lowenthal, who authored the bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Her grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and she grew up singing in that church, and always spoke very clearly about her faith," Hubbs, who authored the book "Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music," told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 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
Enstice's conclusion was further discredited by Dr. Werner Spitz, who had authored the medical treatise Enstice had relied on in her forensic pathology training.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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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
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
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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