Thesaurus results for DISCOVERER

discoverer

noun

as in pioneer

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Recent Examples of discoverer Pohlsepia mazonensis was named after its discoverer, James Pohl, and is housed in the Field Museum in Chicago. —

Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026 Pohlsepia mazonensis is named for its discoverer James Pohl, and is in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago. —

Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026 Columbus was long celebrated for his voyage in 1492 to the Americas, which opened up trade routes with Europe and built his reputation as a heroic discoverer. —

Dan Diamond, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026 Mick West, a science writer who has published books on how to debunk sensational claims, echoed the comet's discoverer. —

Brett Tingley, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025 Conscious of this, Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer of Christian Science, encourages us to move, mentally, out of that false belief in life cycles. —

John Tyler, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2025 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. —

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

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The 24,000-square-foot building was erected in 1965 by shopping mall pioneer and developer Ernest Hahn to serve as his corporate headquarters.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
And Mighty Real also spotlights under-the-radar but equally important LGBTQ pioneers like Lavender Country and the artists from women’s music label Olivia Records.

— David Chiu, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026