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inventor

[in-ven-ter] / ɪnˈvɛn tər /


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Now retired, Seiler previously worked in real estate and banking and also spent time as an inventor.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The film chronicles his childhood in South Africa and his time in Silicon Valley, and suggests that Musk’s genius is not as an inventor but as an investor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

This was original inventor of the device Jim Girard’s aim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Paddy describes himself as an "artist, inventor, explorer and plumber based in Belfast".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Two years ago, she’d inherited the machine from the greatest inventor of all time, and it was loaded with invention ideas, schematics, and diagrams, most of which Annabeth was still trying to figure out.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Longo and Maura Fanti are also inventors on a U.S. provisional patent application covering aspects of the methods and findings described in the study.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

"If it wasn't for Linda, we wouldn't have built this, I don't think," says Josh Behling, president of Wildfire Safety Systems and one of the inventors of the Fort.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Airship captains and Victorian inventors gather Down Under.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

Siminoff said it doesn’t hurt that Mahan speaks the same language as many tech leaders, who are mostly just “pragmatic inventors and entrepreneurs” who want California’s leader to be “principled in thinking about fixing things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

I’ve been lucky enough now in my life to meet all sorts of extraordinary and accomplished people—world leaders, inventors, musicians, astronauts, athletes, professors, entrepreneurs, artists and writers, pioneering doctors and researchers.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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