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inventor

[in-ven-ter] / ɪnˈvɛn tər /


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Pierre Coffin, the French inventor of the Minions, who also voices them and co-directed the first three “Despicable Me” movies, had his doubts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

The biggest fallers this year include inventor Sir James Dyson - £12bn, down £8.8bn on last year - and Manchester United part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe - down from £17bn to £15.19bn.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

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

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

Charles Willson Peale, noted painter, inventor, and collector of natural history objects, shut himself, his wife Betsy, and six of his children inside his large museum-residence.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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