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Recent Examples of discoverer
While researching my book, astronomer Geoff Marcy, a co-discoverer of several of the first hot Jupiters, quipped that in 30 years-time his own role in exoplanet hunting would seem obsolete.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Alfred Russel Wallace, a co-discoverer of natural selection alongside Charles Darwin, famously struggled with placing language into the long arc of evolution; his successors have not done much better.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
And University of Wollongong paleoanthropologist Richard Roberts, a co-discoverer of Homo floresiensis, thinks there are probably more isolated island hominin species.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Alfred Russel Wallace, a co-discoverer of natural selection alongside Charles Darwin, famously struggled with placing language into the long arc of evolution; his successors have not done much better.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
And University of Wollongong paleoanthropologist Richard Roberts, a co-discoverer of Homo floresiensis, thinks there are probably more isolated island hominin species.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discoverer
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Past winners of the Nobel physics prize include some of the most influential figures in the history of science, such as Albert Einstein, Pierre and Marie Curie, Max Planck and Niels Bohr, himself a pioneer of quantum theory.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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The character is Marty Mauser, loosely inspired by real-life Jewish American tennis table pioneer Marty Reisman, who died in 2012.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The route is named after Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, who came through the region in 1540 during his search for the Seven Cities of Cíbola.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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In 1914, British explorer Ernest Shackleton led an expedition to complete the first land crossing of Antarctica.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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Spirit has spent more than a year trying to offer travelers roomier seats and other fare packages beyond the cheap tickets and a la carte add-ons like seat selection and cabin baggage that it’s been known for for years.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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United's four-times-weekly flights from Newark aim to connect American travelers with the cultural and coastal attractions of Puglia, including the region's iconic trulli dwellings.—
Ben Kelly,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Discoverer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discoverer. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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