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inventor

[in-ven-ter] / ɪnˈvɛn tər /


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He used the proceeds to go into business for himself as a full-time inventor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

But long before that, in 1871, inventor Antonio Meucci received a “caveat,” a precursor to a patent, for his version of a telephone, which he called a speaking telegraph.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

But his claims were disregarded by the community and after years of claiming to be the inventor, a UK High Court judge ruled he was not Satoshi.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

According to the report, bitcoin’s inventor is Adam Back, a British cryptographer and still a major player in the bitcoin movement.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Dad is great, but he’s an inventor and he’d probably tune out while he sketched gigantic catapults and estimated the tensile strength required for a bungee cord to send a one-man glider into orbit.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen




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