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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.

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Etymology

Origin of authors

1865–70, plural of author

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Example Sentences

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authors

The ratio works, according to the study’s authors, because gold and platinum react to different factors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Last year, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5bn to settle a class action legal case filed by authors who said the company stole their work to train its AI models.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

They didn’t succeed, but the authors concluded that we shouldn’t be surprised by this kind of mischief.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

We want to be abundantly clear: The authors of this article are not affiliated with CODA, and their views do not reflect our values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

But I’m just writing it anyway ’cause I know that’s how those authors I’ve been reading would do it, like in The Color Purple.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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