alchemist
Example Sentences
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Maybe Shorter’s mind took to fusion not just out of aesthetic affinity, but because he was always a high-tech thinker and an alchemist; electronics never scared him, and authenticity felt relative.
From New York Times
He compares the dream to that of medieval alchemists searching for how to transmute lead into gold.
From Los Angeles Times
Medieval alchemists claimed that the mythical Philosopher's Stone would turn lead into gold.
From Salon
“Lead is important for the alchemist, who wanted to turn lead into gold.”
From New York Times
Phosphorus was discovered in the late 17th century by a Hamburg alchemist, Hennig Brand, who inadvertently isolated it while seeking the storied “philosophers’ stone” that would transform ordinary metals into gold.
From New York Times
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