Auster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Auster
1325–75; Middle English < Latin
Example Sentences
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Joyce Carol Oates and Paul Auster taught classes there around the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Writers who died this year include the novelists Edna O'Brien and Paul Auster, and the short-story writer Alice Munro.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
Downey’s McNeal has the chiseled masculine swagger of such writers as Richard Ford and Paul Auster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
“Baseball is a universe as large as life itself, and therefore all things in life, whether good or bad, whether tragic or comic, fall within its domain,” novelist Paul Auster once wrote.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
A disembodied voice said: Lord Auster will see you now.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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