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author

[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /


VERB
to write computer programs
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Edwards, an author from Chester, said he was currently "racing to the door all the time" while awaiting news of potential publishing deals for his science-fiction books.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

It also has a commemorative silver tray Isro presented to the science fiction author Arthur C Clarke in 2007 on his 90th birthday.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

In even as short a lifetime as hers, the author writes, it is “like a memory kaleidoscope, shifting and revealing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"We don't enter the world knowing how to use a mirror but learn how to use a mirror," says senior author and cognitive neuroscientist Peter Tse, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The author posed the popular question but never answered it.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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