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Which inventor visited the offices of Scientific American to demonstrate his "talking machine"?

demonstrate

[dem-uhn-strayt] / ˈdΙ›m Ι™nˌstreΙͺt /




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Although the hole expanded to an extraordinary size, the results also demonstrate the benefits of decades of international environmental protections.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Zhang is due to demonstrate Manus 2.0, an agent capable of autonomously completing a sequence of tasks.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Senior players angrily insisted on Friday the squad and staff were still united, and their performance on Sunday would demonstrate as such.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

They had to demonstrate that local hotels could house the crew and that service providers and truck rentals were available.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

It also allowed me to demonstrate my natural curiosity.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

It also demonstrates how proteins preserved in ancient teeth can reveal clues about extinct human relatives that their bones alone cannot provide.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Just a five-minute drive away, Michael Thomas Furniture demonstrates how the math can work in High Point today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

“Instead they have been presented with a decision that demonstrates a profound disregard for the victims, their families, and the prosecutors who dedicated themselves to seeking justice on their behalf.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Speaking after the case, PC Sean Dalby said it highlighted "the strong relationships we have developed with our communities and demonstrates the effectiveness of working together to tackle rural and heritage crime".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

He demonstrates some tips his teacher showed him, and then shows me how to use the file in my grandpa's toolbox to sharpen the tiny teeth on the blade.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The company demonstrated its EH216-S aircraft with a short flight, carrying Ports and Aviation Minister Anura Karunathilaka and his deputy Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku as the first passengers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

Scientists have demonstrated an extraordinary form of quantum matter that combines two properties that seem incompatible.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

And this was demonstrated in the last international break when England, after a narrow defeat by Spain in the first game, went on to win the next three matches impressively.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

To my mind, they haven’t demonstrated that they deserve this level of consideration.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Her theory, demonstrated in practice, was based on the principle that a person who had all matters of conscience in perfect shape should be able to eat until overcome by fatigue.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

More ambitious science is already demonstrating that we can predict viral evolution and design vaccines that get ahead of disease.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

For Gulf producers, overseas storage could become a “durable structural shift aimed at both building resilience and demonstrating dependability as energy exporters,” said Cauvery Ganapathy, a fellow at the Observer Research Foundation Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Instruments on the surface have also recorded marsquakes, demonstrating that the planet continues to experience seismic activity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

As well as demonstrating they are suffering unbearably, they must be assessed by doctors as still having the capacity to decide for themselves they want to die.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

When he stood up to talk, he explained that he’d be demonstrating this new science of identification.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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