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scientist

[sahy-uhn-tist] / ˈsaɪ ən tɪst /


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And his father is a research scientist from Cincinnati.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The moonshot has served as a "massive positive moment," said exploration scientist Jacob Bleacher.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Political scientist Zoltan Lakner believes he shifted ideology during the second half of the 1990s.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

When Edison had his famous “lightbulb moment” in 1879, British scientist Joseph Swan was also on the cusp of inventing an incandescent lightbulb using similar techniques.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

From 1963 to 1966, significant improvements on this early system were made by scientist Martin Klein, generally considered to be the “father” of commercial side-scan sonar.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler