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[ aw -therz ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈɔ θərz / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun (used with a singular verb ) a card game for two or more persons that is played with a 52-card pack, the object being to take the largest number of tricks consisting of four cards of the same denomination.
Origin of authors 1865–70, Americanism ; plural of author
Words nearby authors authorization, authorize, authorized, authorized capital, Authorized Version, authors , author's alteration, authorship, Auth. Ver., autism, autism spectrum disorder
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Example sentences from the Web for authors Their authors promise that your spirit will be improved, your ambition honed, and your finances maximized by their advice.
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The authors categorized responses that indicated a misunderstanding of possible benefit as “germs are germs” beliefs.
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And despite the good scholarship the authors have managed to retain the buoyancy and upbeat air attendant on most comics.
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One of the few English authors he admired was Samuel Richardson.
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Some of the authors most revered by their contemporaries now languish in relative obscurity.
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Some authors relate, that after their return from Troy they colonized the Gymnasian islands.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3) | Strabo
His consideration for other authors was as marked a characteristic as his tone towards his reader.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) | Charles Darwin
Raphael as a Painter—Give the impressions of famous travelers, authors and art critics.
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Do you think they could have been the authors of the late conflagration?
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The writer is in perfect sympathy with the authors she discusses.
The Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 6, March, 1885 | Various
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