Definitions

author

[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /

NOUN

composer of written work

Synonyms

STRONGEST

biographer columnist composer creator journalist poet producer reporter writer

STRONG

essayist ghost ghostwriter originator playwright scribbler scribe wordsmith

WEAK

ink slinger prose writer scripter word slinger work-for-hire

VERB

to write computer programs

Synonyms

STRONGEST

code program write

Example Sentences

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Inside an unassuming room of the Huntington Library, the Los Angeles author Lisa See unfolded a stack of court records.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

According to first author Veena Krishnaraj, an undergraduate student at Princeton University, this strategy prevents the AI from having to "digest everything at once."

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

To further explain how life molecules may have been naturally selected and stabilized, the author identifies 4 essential elements and conditions related to the OoL on Earth:

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Selected by Manil Suri, the author of the memoir “A Room in Bombay.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Flannery O’Connor, my favorite author: That’s who I need right now.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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