as in designer
one who creates or introduces something new
the inventor of the electric light bulb
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One of Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl costumes was created by Bob Mackie The legendary designer revealed that the costume was from the Las Vegas production Jubilee!—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
20 Aug. 2025 -
In zoos, the architecture of captivity arguably finds its most devious achievement, because the designers want to hide the cages and accommodate masses of spectators.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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So, in 2014, the city began buying dangerous and dilapidated properties and selling the land to developers at a low cost.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 Aug. 2025
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This, we are led to believe, is the impetus for Google's new developer verification system.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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The vision, according to SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, is to recover the ship, quickly mount it on another booster, refuel it, and launch it again.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
24 Aug. 2025
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Care of Gerd is an award-winning, organic skincare and beauty company based in Jokkmokk, Swedish Lapland, and the company, founded in 2008, is named after Gerd, the mother of the two founders, Anna-Lena (a licensed skincare therapist), and Johan Wiklund (a hair stylist).—
Debbi Kickham,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The media environment, across genres, has been contorting rapidly for over a decade, as creators of myriad forms of content compete for shrinking attention spans in an increasingly crowded market.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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The creator of Apple’s Hijack is back with a new thriller starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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What this means for users, especially creators, is that drafts and final pieces are immediately available to all, but missing attribution back to the originator.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Basis swaps remain the first line of defence, but many agreements now incorporate automatic FX-pass-through clauses that allow originators to re-price loans if exchange rates move beyond a preset band.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Inventor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventor. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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