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author

[aw-ther] / ˈɔ θər /


VERB
to write computer programs
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But “Tony” isn’t a portrait of Bourdain as the venerated television host or the author of the bestselling 2000 book “Kitchen Confidential,” in the midst of his stint at Brasserie Les Halles in Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Earlier this week, Joyce Carol Oates panned Wilson’s critique of Christopher Nolan’s big-screen adaptation, and now acclaimed author and journalist Susan Orlean has entered the chat.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Lead author Julianne Skarha described it as a 30-fold increase over heat-related mortality estimates for the general U.S. population.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

The original notion of the index came to its author, Pam Woodall, in a “bathtub moment” in 1986.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

“It means that I, Miss Penelope Lumley, am the singular person whom the author of this volume hopes to lure to that obscure and little-trafficked Gallery Seventeen.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

When authors divorce themselves from film versions of their work, it’s usually a matter of creative disagreement.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

As the chapters accumulate, the reader gains a sense of the Jeff Beck that the authors describe as part genius, part unknowable eccentric.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

“I was trying to copy authors more skilled than I was and wasn’t taking the time to find my own voice.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

To illustrate how “free” extra savings could happen, the authors of the brief provide an example.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

“In fact,” said Bridgette, “all those authors wrote crime novels.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

Dutta confirmed to MarketWatch that he authored the post.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Nearly four decades since he co-founded the biotech Regeneron, Yancopoulos has more than 1,000 patents worldwide, including 77 granted in the U.S., and has authored more than 500 scientific papers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The blueprint has been authored, external by the Re:State think tank which Burnham was involved with until he stepped down as mayor of Greater Manchester.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

That was one of two starts of at least eight innings that he’s authored.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

My eventual folly, played out in a bar in East New York, was that I came to know the list intimately as my own, as if I alone had authored it.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

“Change” exerted on another through force robs the receiving party of the dignity of authoring their own life path.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

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

When it came to telling Ono’s story, Sheff found himself at loggerheads over the ethics of authoring her biography.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2025

Kantor and Liptak suggest that he seized the opinion from Alito, authoring it himself.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2024

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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