Formulate a query in SQL to retrieve the names of all authors in the database.
To retrieve the names of all authors in the database, the following SQL query can be used:

```SQL
SELECT name FROM authors;
```

Assuming that the table containing the information about the authors is named "authors" and that the column containing the author's name is labeled "name".
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### Instruction:
Formulate a query in SQL to retrieve the names of all authors in the database.

### Response:
To retrieve the names of all authors in the database, the following SQL query can be used:

```SQL
SELECT name FROM authors;
```

Assuming that the table containing the information about the authors is named "authors" and that the column containing the author's name is labeled "name".