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

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.


Etymology

Origin of authors

1865–70, plural of author

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In “An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles,” authors David Gebhard and Robert Winter suggest that the ornate ends of the bridge “cry out for sculptured saints.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dr. Pietras and Dr. Craig T. Jordan are both co-lead authors of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The authors of this work are Parnian Ghapandar Kashani and Dr. Shiqi Chen, who contributed equally, and Professor Aydogan Ozcan.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Why this is notable: Such a development could compress years of progress into months or less and outpace humans’ ability to understand it, the authors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The theories of scholars who claim to know what the foragers felt shed much more light on the prejudices of their authors than on Stone Age religions.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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