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Synonyms: Noun
litterateur (or littérateur), pen, penman, scribe, scrivener, writer
Synonyms: Verb
pen, scratch (out), scribble, write
Antonyms: Noun
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The author of the article didn't check his facts. I enjoyed the book, but I can't remember the name of the author. She is the author of a plan for reforming the school system.Verb
authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Scott Steinberg is the author of The Business Etiquette Bible. — Scott Steinberg, Quartz at Work, "How to tell your team about a management decision you don’t agree with," 3 Sep. 2019 In 2015, O’Keefe was the lead author of a study that examined the wild disparity in colon health between rural South African and African American people. — Anchorage Daily News, "Colon cancer in Alaska: Common and completely preventable," 3 Sep. 2019 Jane Hirshfield, moderated by Ginny Connors: Ginny Lowe Connors is the author of several poetry collections, including Toward the Hanging Tree: Poems of Salem Village. — courant.com, "Community News For The Farmington Valley Edition," 30 Aug. 2019 The author of Pretty Powerful: Appearance, Substance, and Success was the former host of Fox News’ Fox News Specialists and a regular contributor to Fox Sports. — Tanya A. Christian, Essence, "Revolt TV Announces Eboni K. Williams As New Co-Host Of 'State Of The Culture'," 30 Aug. 2019 The novelist Téa Obreht, the author of Inland, addressed that question in a conversation for this series, explaining how Hemingway boils his main character’s entire history down to one inscrutable image. — Joe Fassler, The Atlantic, "The Hemingway Scene That Shows How Humanity Works," 30 Aug. 2019 Brian Christian is the author of the book The Most Human Human, which details how the human judges in a version of the Turing test decide who is a robot and who is a human. — Mike Murphy, Quartz, "This app is trying to replicate you," 29 Aug. 2019 Moscatello is the author of the new book See Jane Win about the record number of female candidates in the 2018 elections. — Fortune, "Jeffrey Epstein’s Accusers Are Heard: The Broadsheet," 28 Aug. 2019 The most outrageous hypothetical in the book is perhaps also the most titillating, and could probably make for a separate story worth exploring (update: the author has explored it himself in a novel called The One). — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartzy, "A new thriller novel offers up twisted scenarios of the tech revolution gone wrong," 28 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Instead, lawmakers authoring the most progressive measures are shooting for the November ballot instead. — Ben Christopher, The Mercury News, "Bluer than blue: Are California Democrats ready to exploit a possible lopsided primary turnout?," 3 Sep. 2019 Hatch has authored a memoir, become a speaker and runs Spikes K-9 Fund, a nonprofit organization that helps cover the health care costs and provides ballistic vests for police and military dogs. — NBC News, "Former Navy SEAL enters Yale as a 52-year-old freshman," 3 Sep. 2019 Hatch has authored a memoir, become a speaker and runs Spikes K-9 Fund, a nonprofit organization that helps cover the health care costs and provides ballistic vests for police and military dogs. — Fox News, "Former Navy SEAL, 52, who was wounded in Bergdahl mission, heads to Yale as a freshman," 3 Sep. 2019 Hatch has authored a memoir, become a speaker and runs Spikes K-9 Fund, a nonprofit organization that helps cover the health care costs and provides ballistic vests for police and military dogs. — Pat Eaton-robb, courant.com, "Former Navy SEAL enters Yale as a 52-year-old freshman," 3 Sep. 2019 If not for Alabama’s two biggest names — Tagovailoa and Jeudy — authoring scintillating performances, the Tide may have had to sweat a bit more. — Rainer Sabin | Rsabin@al.com, al, "Behind star power, Alabama’s offense kicks into high gear," 31 Aug. 2019 Rarely have the Astros needed to rally around Gerrit Cole, their Cy Young contending co-ace authoring one of the best seasons this franchise has ever seen. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Astros pick up Gerrit Cole, top Rays for 6th consecutive win," 29 Aug. 2019 The larger project was approved last year under a state law, SB35, that Wiener authored to streamline residential projects that include affordable homes. — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, "Cupertino’s Vallco mall housing vote ‘violates state law,’ state legislator says," 29 Aug. 2019 Moira Birss, the campaign director of the finance program at Amazon Watch, an environmental group, recently authored a report examining the role of U.S. and European finance companies in supporting Brazilian agribusiness. — Washington Post, "How beef demand is accelerating the Amazon’s deforestation and climate peril," 26 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'author.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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