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inventor

[in-ven-ter] / ɪnˈvɛn tər /


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The inventor of the Grappler, Leonard Stock, has no law enforcement background, according to reporting from Virginia-based WHSV.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The inventor behind the world-famous robot vacuum is now designing robots that form an emotional bond with their owners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

For more than 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci has been admired as a brilliant artist, inventor, and thinker whose talents seemed far ahead of his time.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

It is the same idea we associate with the name of Copernicus, whom Galileo described as the “restorer and confirmer,” not the inventor, of the heliocentric hypothesis.'

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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