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  • 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

Example Sentences

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The authors also acknowledge that the work benefited from the O2 High-Performance Compute Cluster, supported by the Research Computing Group at HMS.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Where these bestselling authors fit into the adaptation process can vary.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Technology is also part of the answer, say the authors.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The authors also noted that salt-use patterns may have changed since the surveys were conducted.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

No attempt whatever had been made to assign quotations or authors to categories or groups of any kind.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

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