inventors

plural of inventor

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Recent Examples of inventors In other words, American inventors hold roughly one-twentieth of the patents but about one-tenth of the value. John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 And England’s Three Lions — inventors of modern football — continue chasing a first championship in 60 years, which would mark the longest gap between titles. Miami Herald, 13 July 2026 One honors African women as the inventors of beer, another celebrates the Jazz District through the historic castle at 18th and Vine, while a third highlights hip-hop as the next chapter in the neighborhood’s musical history. J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 Lydians are widely recognized as the inventors of coinage, helping to make their capital, Sardis, synonymous with fabulous wealth in the ancient Mediterranean. Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026 Over the years, inventors improved on the design with faster models (such as an iteration described in a 1930 Scientific American article). Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 June 2026 By 1868 the inventors had a prototype and a patent. Andrew Niemchick Britannica Editors June 17, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026 Its inventors were bored Ivy Leaguers who played it while waiting for the results of the annual Harvard-Yale football game. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 This was a preliminary, phase one clinical trial, so there was still a long way to go to confirm that this approach really could achieve what its inventors hoped—stopping an invader dead in its tracks. Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventors
Noun
  • In an era of denim where anything goes and designers are developing a wide range, brand customers are looking for fabrics that are versatile and able to achieve more types of looks.
    Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Pyrotechnicians, and the designers of professional fireworks shows, decide which shells to use based on what a venue can physically and legally bear.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Hiring has cooled for entry-level software developers — work increasingly done by AI agents — and college enrollment in computer and information science programs has been declining.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Software developers, whose profession has been transformed by AI and suffered dramatic job losses since 2022, are back in demand with postings rising 14%.
    Irina Anghel, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But as Daley notes, ESPN is much more than a TV network these days, with younger consumers increasingly engaging with the brand on the social platforms where the creators operate every day.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • To human creators, that may seem dangerous, but as AI makes production more accessible, uniqueness becomes more valuable than numbers.
    Denis Sinelnikov, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Internally, the founders talk about a big bet on industrial engineering—using AI agents and physics-aware models to redesign and simulate physical systems, from factory floors to turbines and aircraft wings.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • According to Steven Levy in Wired, the company was funded largely based on the sterling reputation of its founders.
    Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Advertisement And innovators are applying technology to problems that public health and health care have struggled to solve at scale.
    Deb Houry, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Right now, America has some of the world’s best innovators building the next generation of financial infrastructure onchain, yet for years they’ve been forced to navigate a regulatory framework defined more by lawsuits than legislation.
    Anthony Scaramucci, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • And the authors are very clear that large genome models come with risks.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The report’s authors said economic pressures are setting the stage for holiday shopping in 2026, as shoppers carefully evaluate every purchase.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Inventors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventors. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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