Sholes
Americannoun
noun
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“Markets ‘moved on’ from the war and oil prices when gas prices stopped going up,” Esther Sholes, senior macro analyst at Take Profit Trader, and former portfolio manager at Millennium Investment Management, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
It wasn’t until the 1860s that a trio of U.S. inventors led by Christopher Sholes found the winning approach.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
Washelli does display some historical artifacts in its main office – an old horseshoe found on the property, for example – but Sholes knows that displaying a war trophy could be awkward.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022
While continuing to play music at night, she worked as a secretary to producers Steve Sholes and Herman Diaz Jr. in the A&R department.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2021
Sholes died in 1890, having also helped by many minor devices the increase in the use of writing-machines.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
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