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inventor

[in-ven-ter] / ɪnˈvɛn tər /


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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

Mr. Brunt, whose previous book was a biography of Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the eponymous engine, reckons that by 1910 Russia was second only to Germany as the most “dieselized” country on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Colleagues paid tribute to a "pioneer, a researcher, an inventor" who made "anatomy accessible to the general public", but critics have accused him of voyeurism and profiting commercially from death.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

This is why I’m going to become an inventor.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Both countries lay claim to being the inventors of the sport and in the early days the fixture was dominated by the Scots, who popularised the passing game.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

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

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

“Oh yeah, and inventors of the life raft, the bullet proof vest, and residential solar heating? Women,” I say.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio




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