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
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But Madhusudhan and his coauthors acknowledge that more data is needed before claiming direct evidence of life on another world.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
The bill has bipartisan support, and Senate Transportation Committee Chair state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, is a coauthor.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The rate is lower than previously thought, said Nick Wright, coauthor of the study published Tuesday in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
An enterprise cloud identity expert, multi-exit serial entrepreneur and coauthor of the SAML SSO standard.
—Eric Olden, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
The bill has bipartisan support, and Senate Transportation Committee Chair state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, is a coauthor.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The rate is lower than previously thought, said Nick Wright, coauthor of the study published Tuesday in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
An enterprise cloud identity expert, multi-exit serial entrepreneur and coauthor of the SAML SSO standard.
—Eric Olden, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Coauthor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coauthor. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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