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• present tense form of author (3rd person singular).
• plural of author.

authors

American  

[aw-therz] / ˈɔ θərz /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. a card game for two or more persons that is played with a 52-card pack, the object being to take the largest number of tricks consisting of four cards of the same denomination.

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Etymology

Origin of authors

1865–70, plural of author

Example Sentences

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authors

All of the study authors are affiliated with either the Glenn Biggs Institute or The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

This failure, the authors explain, was driven by a violation of incentive alignment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

According to a 2025 parliamentary report, 97% of people are annoyed by telemarketing calls, with the authors wryly noting it is "one of those rare issues that unites people in France".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The authors say governments and public health agencies should prepare for marine heatwaves in ways similar to how they prepare for heatwaves on land.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

After my frustrating time of trying to write about my neighborhood the way I had seen other published authors write about theirs, I stopped writing for a while.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers