published

adjective

pub·​lished ˈpə-blisht 

1

: produced or released for distribution in a book, magazine, newspaper, etc.

citing a variety of published sources

The ghostwriter will write the article … and send it along to the physician, who may make some changes or simply sign it as written and submit it to a journal, usually scrubbed of any mention of the ghostwriter. … David says he rarely even sees the published articles he writes.

—Carl Elliott

2

: having one's work published

a published poet/novelist

… a couple of published authors promised to introduce her to their agents.

—Hal Lancaster

In his three decades as a published writer, Andre Dubus produced a baker's dozen of books, mainly collections of short stories.

—John B. Breslin

Examples of published in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

According to published reports, similar efforts are at varying levels in Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin. —Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Feb. 2025

According to published reports, its teams are dropping into federal agencies with a practically unlimited mandate to reform the federal government in accordance with recent executive orders. —Richard Forno, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2025

In 2019, according to published reports, Clark helped organize a student walkout to protest police violence. —Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025

Sci-Hub works a bit like a combination of cache and aggregator for published materials. —John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of publish

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined at sense 1