coauthor
noun
co·au·thor
(ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər 
variants
or
plural coauthors or co-authors
: one who collaborates with another person in authoring a literary or dramatic work, a document, a legislative bill, etc.
coauthors of many books and plays
the coauthors of new legislation
coauthor
transitive verb
or
coauthored or co-authored; coauthoring or co-authoring
… he coauthored legislation … requiring the publication on the Internet of the cost of all federal contracts, grants, and congressional "earmarks,"…
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Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky
a co-authored book
coauthorship
noun
or
… accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute.
—Mary Murray
Mary Murray
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An enterprise cloud identity expert, multi-exit serial entrepreneur and coauthor of the SAML SSO standard.
—Eric Olden, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Friesen and coauthors share some general explanations.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
But federal health officials do not intend to submit the final report to Congress as planned, says Tim Naimi, MD, MPH, a study coauthor and director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The research could help sort out the questions of who is at fault for contributing significantly to a particular heat wave, said study coauthor Richard Heede of the Climate Accountability Institute.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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Eric Olden, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Friesen and coauthors share some general explanations.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
But federal health officials do not intend to submit the final report to Congress as planned, says Tim Naimi, MD, MPH, a study coauthor and director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The research could help sort out the questions of who is at fault for contributing significantly to a particular heat wave, said study coauthor Richard Heede of the Climate Accountability Institute.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coauthor
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“Coauthor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coauthor. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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