as in wrote
to compose and set down on paper the words of
authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson
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Recent Examples of authored
Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the majority opinion for the court.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Last year, veteran left-hander and former Red Sox All-Star Drew Pomeranz authored one of baseball’s most unlikely comeback stories.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
The book, co-authored by Darren Grubb and Johnny Russo, featured a foreword by Letterman.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
It is modeled after legislation authored by Cervantes in 2024 and 2025 to create similar protections for faculty in the California Community Colleges system.
—Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
The report, authored by barrister Graham Smith and released through Rupert Lowe's independent grooming gangs inquiry, was funded through public donations.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Those studies focused on factors like IQ or mental health without accounting for socioeconomics, says Satterthwaite, who co-authored a perspective piece that accompanied the new study.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 11 June 2026
Stuart, the former West Virginia lawmaker who was confirmed in October 2025 as HHS general counsel, had previously co-authored a bill to outlaw methadone clinics in his state.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 10 June 2026
As of May 2026, the report said that more than 80% of code merged into Anthropic's codebase was authored by Claude, up from the low single digits before Claude Code launched in early 2025.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Last year, veteran left-hander and former Red Sox All-Star Drew Pomeranz authored one of baseball’s most unlikely comeback stories.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
The book, co-authored by Darren Grubb and Johnny Russo, featured a foreword by Letterman.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
It is modeled after legislation authored by Cervantes in 2024 and 2025 to create similar protections for faculty in the California Community Colleges system.
—Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
The report, authored by barrister Graham Smith and released through Rupert Lowe's independent grooming gangs inquiry, was funded through public donations.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Those studies focused on factors like IQ or mental health without accounting for socioeconomics, says Satterthwaite, who co-authored a perspective piece that accompanied the new study.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 11 June 2026
Stuart, the former West Virginia lawmaker who was confirmed in October 2025 as HHS general counsel, had previously co-authored a bill to outlaw methadone clinics in his state.
—Lev Facher, STAT, 10 June 2026
As of May 2026, the report said that more than 80% of code merged into Anthropic's codebase was authored by Claude, up from the low single digits before Claude Code launched in early 2025.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for authored
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The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, an 11th-century cathedral located in the heart of the city, was among the sites damaged in the attack, Zelenskyy wrote.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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Composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz wrote a new bridge.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Two years after her death, Buckingham Palace penned a latter to PETA in 2024 saying that Queen Camilla would continue the fur-free legacy.—
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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Antônio Carlos Jobim had already penned most of the songs that define his legacy as the father of bossa nova when Elis Regina showed up at his door in February 1974, three-year-old son in tow, to record Elis & Tom.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
13 June 2026
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