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[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /


VERB
to write computer programs
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But when Lee shared her frustrations with her graduate school adviser, noted author and avid gardener Jamaica Kincaid, she got the encouragement she needed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Co-lead author Dr. Anthony Clarke, from the Timescales of Minerals Systems Group within Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the evidence indicates the stone's movement was intentional rather than accidental.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Though the author discovered few reliable data points, she did find many opinions and a whole world of anecdotes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Matt Schulz, chief consumer-finance analyst at LendingTree and author of “Ask Questions, Save Money, Make More: How to Take Control of Your Financial Life,” recently went through this process with his son, too.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

In 1704 Jonathan Swift, later the author of Gulliver’s Travels, published a little satire entitled The Battle of the Books.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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