- present participle of author.
authoring
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of authoring
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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He led the major leagues in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage in 2025, all while authoring his fourth 50-homer campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Roberts said he doesn’t expect Ohtani to steal as many bases as he did last year, when the 30-year-old swiped 59 bags while authoring baseball’s first 50-homer, 50-steal season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
Kantor and Liptak suggest that he seized the opinion from Alito, authoring it himself.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2024
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who was re-elected for a second five-year term in July, tasked Mr Draghi - a former Italian prime minister - with authoring the review last year.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024
To be sure, men and women have long been authoring their own content, beginning with drawings on cave walls up through Gutenberg and the typewriter.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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