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inventor

[in-ven-ter] / ɪnˈvɛn tər /


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He enticed Arthur Vining Davis, who had started Alcoa with Hall, the Ohio inventor, and was interested in a smelting outpost to feed the booming U.S. market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Almost a century ago, County Down-born inventor Harry Ferguson transformed the farming industry when he developed the linkage system still used in tractors today.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Perloff said Balwani called Holmes “the most important inventor of our times.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

It’s not just the investor; it’s the inventor.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maybe he was the real inventor of the Running Man.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

That work amounted to a résumé that would rival those inventors and innovators of yore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The same pattern appears in biomedical innovation: Female inventors are disproportionately likely to produce inventions related to women’s health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

Blau, Bhutani, and several co-authors are inventors on Stanford University patent applications involving 15-PGDH inhibition for cartilage repair and tissue rejuvenation that have been licensed to Epirium Bio.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

Like the inventors of the elevator, he had conjured an entirely new physical sensation.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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