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chemist

[kem-ist] / ˈkɛm ɪst /


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Even during his incarceration, the former food chemist never ceased his political activity on social media, particularly on his YouTube channel, which has 162,000 subscribers.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Their company included the painter Allan Ramsay, the historian William Robertson, the chemist Joseph Black and the geologist James Hutton among many gifted others.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Ramón Pagán, a cosmetic chemist and independent consultant based in New York City, sees another force helping drive tallow’s popularity: branding.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Prior to arriving at the home David, a former industrial chemist who is originally from Bradford, lived in France for almost 20 years.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

With the precision of a chemist, Baroness Hoover dropped three cubes of sugar into her tea.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

Tishler was impressed by the company, especially a paper on vitamins written by a group of young Merck chemists.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Initially, a few hundred chemists will offer treatments for the five new conditions, NHS England says.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

One possible answer involves palladium, a metal that occurs naturally in hydrothermal vents and has been known to chemists as an effective catalyst for roughly a century.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

So there was an overnight operation of chemists and first responders sent in to try to get that done, which was attempted even though it put them “in harm’s way,” Covey said.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

What made it possible to consign alchemy to the dustbin of history was a new understanding of what chemists were trying to do.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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