inventor

Example Sentences

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The lone inventor myth also makes the act of invention feel more accessible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Subsequently striking up a friendship with Charles Babbage, an inventor and mechanical engineer, Lovelace would become fascinated with his plans to build a complicated calculating machine.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

This was basically the argument made by Jamie Siminoff, the founder and head inventor of Ring, as he went on an apology tour of sorts to try and mitigate the post-Super Bowl damage.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

As a historical counterweight, consider Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, who refused to patent it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

A good example is the history of Thomas Edison’s phonograph, the most original invention of the greatest inventor of modern times.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond