coauthor
noun
co·au·thor
(ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər 
variants
or
plural coauthors or co-authors
: one who collaborates with another person in authoring a literary or dramatic work, a document, a legislative bill, etc.
coauthors of many books and plays
the coauthors of new legislation
coauthor
transitive verb
or
coauthored or co-authored; coauthoring or co-authoring
… he coauthored legislation … requiring the publication on the Internet of the cost of all federal contracts, grants, and congressional "earmarks,"…
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Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky
a co-authored book
coauthorship
noun
or
… accepting coauthorship on studies to which they did not significantly contribute.
—Mary Murray
Mary Murray
Examples of coauthor in a Sentence
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The trait has since then popped up — and disappeared — at different points in evolutionary time, said study coauthor Zachary Lippman, plant biologist and professor of genetics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
For me, my coauthors tends to be active collaborators, people who played significant roles in the data collecting, or students who worked on the project.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2024
Food staples such as apples, corn, kale, spinach, strawberries and wheat are frequently sprayed with PFAS-containing pesticides, said coauthor David Andrews, a senior scientist and deputy director of investigations at the Environmental Working Group.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 July 2024
The other coauthors are Yan Xie and Taeyoung Choi, who are also affiliated with the VA St. Louis Health Care System.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
For me, my coauthors tends to be active collaborators, people who played significant roles in the data collecting, or students who worked on the project.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2024
Food staples such as apples, corn, kale, spinach, strawberries and wheat are frequently sprayed with PFAS-containing pesticides, said coauthor David Andrews, a senior scientist and deputy director of investigations at the Environmental Working Group.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 24 July 2024
The other coauthors are Yan Xie and Taeyoung Choi, who are also affiliated with the VA St. Louis Health Care System.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
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“Coauthor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coauthor. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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