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discoverer

[dih-skuhv-er-er] / dɪˈskʌv ər ər /
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Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker staff writer: I was a late discoverer of Taix, stumbling upon it when I moved to a bungalow just above Sunset during the pandemic from New York.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The newly identified species has been named Tyrannoroter heberti, which means Hebert's tyrant digger, in recognition of its discoverer, Brian Hebert.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Then there is one final problem for the discoverer of a giant new successful drug.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2024

“At the time, the discoverer and collectors did not realize there were prey items preserved inside its stomach,” Zelenitsky says.

From National Geographic • Dec. 8, 2023

According to his long-time colleague James Chadwick, discoverer of the neutron, he wasn’t even particularly clever at experimentation.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson