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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Joshi is coauthor of a 2021 study that explores not only why succession plans fail, but why the personal psychology of the CEO often plays a defining role.
—Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The impact of extra red tape Roberts, the study's coauthor, highlighted one other timely implication of his team's results.
—Leslie Walker, NPR, 20 May 2025
Rewriting evolutionary history The rock slab, found by amateur paleontologists and study coauthors Craig Eury and John Eason in the Snowy Plains Formation in Victoria, Australia, appears to show two sets of tracks from the same animal that represent the earliest clawed footprints ever discovered.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
By comparison, the gross social return on private R&D investment is about 55%, according to a 2013 study by Stanford economics Professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The impact of extra red tape Roberts, the study's coauthor, highlighted one other timely implication of his team's results.
—Leslie Walker, NPR, 20 May 2025
Rewriting evolutionary history The rock slab, found by amateur paleontologists and study coauthors Craig Eury and John Eason in the Snowy Plains Formation in Victoria, Australia, appears to show two sets of tracks from the same animal that represent the earliest clawed footprints ever discovered.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
By comparison, the gross social return on private R&D investment is about 55%, according to a 2013 study by Stanford economics Professor Nick Bloom and coauthors.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
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“Coauthor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coauthor. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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