How to Use scientist in a Sentence

scientist

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  • And the scientist also has said the birds are outsmarting us.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Then one day, hopefully, the doctors or the scientists can come up with a cure.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • And for the first time, scientists noted, salty king tides were now within a few inches of the base of the cacti.
    — Alex Harris, Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • But overall, the new study’s conclusions rang true to the Audubon scientists.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The seaweed has formed annual blooms in the Atlantic Ocean for years and scientists have tracked it since 2011.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 9 July 2023
  • But not all scientists are convinced by the new research.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 31 May 2023
  • The biggest pterosaur scientists know of so far is Quetzalcoatlus northropi, which was found in Texas.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
  • For the past few years, scientists have been sounding the alarm about a steep decline in Antarctica’s sea ice.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The scientists will also be able to compare samples of Bennu to Ryugu.
    — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The sample size in the study was small, a limitation the scientists acknowledge in the paper.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
  • The park scientists plan to monitor squirrels and woodpeckers to see how each species fares over the coming years, said Roland.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Along the way, scientists will also have to prove that the technology is safe, durable, and cost-effective.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Thankfully, these scientists are doing the hard work for us.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 May 2024
  • Lichtman: And for a long time, scientists had a simple explanation for how these birds landed all over the world.
    — Flora Lichtman, Scientific American, 2 June 2023
  • Neither the bomb nor the computer can be credited to, or blamed on, any single scientist.
    — Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The ashes belonged to the wife of the first owner, a scientist at Bell Labs, and Montoya considered the idea of returning the remains to the family, who might live far away.
    — Curbed, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to three scientists for the discovery of quantum dots.
    — Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
  • For decades, scientists have puzzled over what geologic engine is at work that brings heat from the Earth’s core to cause these eruptions.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2023
  • In fact, scientists speculate that the same principles explain the rapid expansion of the universe after the Big Bang.
    — Eric Adams, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2023
  • State scientists say close to 80% of fish that reach the fish facility are collected via this system.
    — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
  • Much of the information is classified and out of reach even for some of the scientists involved in figuring out what happened.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But even Reno’s overnight temperature is getting warmer, scientists said, posing new threats for the city.
    — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • On a much broader level, so is this: For years, scientists have warned that climate change will displace millions of people.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
  • The scientists plan to leave the sensors on for at least a year and are especially interested to see what happens during the winter.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The ambition was staggering, say some scientists outside the project.
    — Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 1 June 2023
  • But the university’s new lab space, and the opportunity to share ideas with like-minded scientists, should help change that.
    — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • All these abilities are the envy of scientists, who have spent a lot of time and money designing robots based on roaches.
    — Steve Nicholls, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Meteorologists, as the scientists of the newsroom, are well placed to talk about climate change.
    — Chris Gloninger, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • Sweetman and other marine scientists worry that the deep sea mining could disrupt the production of dark oxygen and pose a threat to marine life that may depend on it.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 24 July 2024
  • In fact, Soviet scientists did not question the legitimacy of the feat.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 12 July 2024

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