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Recent Examples of discoverer
Watson ran a lab at Harvard University and was a co-discoverer of messenger RNA, the molecule that carries DNA's instructions to cells' protein-making factories.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
The cauldron was found near the discoverer's summer cottage — but officials are keeping the location under wraps until the investigation is complete.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
The cauldron was found near the discoverer's summer cottage — but officials are keeping the location under wraps until the investigation is complete.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
Noun
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Family and love of God, integrity, grit, pioneer grit.—
Justin Ravitz,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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The resale pioneer’s third-quarter revenues increased 17 percent to $174 million, producing a gross merchandise volume of $520 million.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But Earle, the 90-year-old oceanographer and explorer, says that cultural change is important, too.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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This Halloween, step into stories where science meets terror, where contagions kill, landscapes devour explorers, and technology crushes the human soul.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But travelers could still see flight cuts even if the government were to reopen next week, as the FAA’s order requires airlines to cancel flights days in advance.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The airlines are alerting travelers about cancellations, too.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Discoverer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discoverer. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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