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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

Example Sentences

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The authors say larger and more carefully designed trials are needed to show what exercise can realistically accomplish for people with hip osteoarthritis.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Sinai.ai says it has built something it calls "AI rights" -- a system that pays authors and publishers when their work gets used by a chatbot.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

According to Clark, who also authors the Capital Flows and Asset Markets blog, the financial architecture built during the Thatcher-Reagan revolution of the 1980s is being dismantled.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The authors of the study said this indicates it could still be under-diagnosed, particularly in older age groups.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Only in a culture where the authority of the great classical authors such as Ptolemy and Galen had begun to be undermined could a project like Vesalius’s Fabric be undertaken.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton