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Who was Alexander Graham Bell's colleague during the invention of the telephone?

colleague

[kol-eeg] / ˈkɒl ig /


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True to his mission, Kenig got behind the steering wheel and raced towards the Gaza border in the early hours of October 7, 2023 after a colleague alerted him to what was happening.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

A colleague, Simon Murphy, had been involved in its establishment and suggested our students see the long-term outcomes of different silvicultural systems side-by-side.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

He’d bring his homework to his job, and an older colleague, Ignacio, took interest in the books he was reading — mostly about Chicana/o studies and art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is not clear how the national water agency was notified of the false photo that Ye Lin sent to his colleague.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Explain to your colleague you were called in here today so we could return these and give you a lecture about taking greater care with your personal papers.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

The colleagues of a GP found dead at her home have spoken of their profound shock at the loss of an "exceptional doctor".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Such worries are balanced by his concern for his family, neighbors and colleagues: “He hired the oddballs. The unconventional. The difficult to manage and tame.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"These are our heroes; the greatest children of Israel," said one police officer as he looked at portraits of his fallen colleagues.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

In the years since, Duke and his colleagues have expanded on the initial scope of his dissertation to compile more evidence from a larger collection of samples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

I worked night and day to get it right, often with one of my colleagues, engineer Al Hamer, whom I collaborated with on several reports.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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