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authored

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past tense of author

as in wrote

to compose and set down on paper the words of authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson

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Recent Examples of authored The measure was authored by Assemblymember James Ramos, D-Highland, a member of the Serrano/Cahuilla tribe, to ensure that people could not be blocked from access to sacred sites. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Median rents in Manhattan reached an all-time high of $5,000 a month in July, according to the Real Deal Report, authored by Jonathan Miller, director of markets for Street Matrix. — Robert Frank, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 One such collection of it-narratives survives in the form of the tiny manuscript books authored by children associated with the prominent New England Hale family. — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026 As a Stanford undergraduate, Baker wrote a series of stories detailing concerns around studies co-authored by Tessier-Lavigne. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 28 Aug. 2026 Assembly Bill 2760, authored by state Assemblymember LaShea Sharp-Collins (D-San Diego), would prohibit local, state and federal agencies from possessing, using or procuring electric taser gloves in the state or with state funds. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 In 1943, Rothko and Gottlieb co-authored a letter and sent it to The New York Times, which published it on June 13. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 More than 60% of China’s albumin market is supplied by foreign manufacturers and all of it is made from plasma collected in the US, according to a 2024 study co-authored by researchers from China’s national and Zhejiang drug inspection authorities. — Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 Rochman, the University of Toronto researcher, co-authored a petition urging rigorous scrutiny of microplastics by the International Joint Commission, a binational group that oversees the treaty. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

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That's the view of Citadel Securities head of equity and equity derivatives strategy Scott Rubner, who wrote to clients on Monday that the bullish setup that carried the S&P to records in August is changing.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
The officers suspected the driver of a red Toyota truck was intoxicated, and stopped her near the intersection of 34th Street and Gillham Road, just south of Costco, the patrol wrote.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026

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Treble’s office in central Reykjavík could stand in as an Arctic replica of Silicon Valley, with complex mathematical equations penned on meeting-room windows and a weight room across the hall.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026
Jake Reiner previously penned an emotional essay about his parents' death in April.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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