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Mullis

American  
[muhl-is] / ˈmʌl ɪs /

noun

  1. Kary Banks 1944–2019, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize 1993.


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“There usually is an uptick of people returning equipment that they bought in a frenzy of New Year’s resolutions,” says Greg Mullis, the company’s director of corporate operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Mullis also was ill-served by the lawyers in his original trial who did “a poor job of describing the depths of his mental illness.”

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2024

“Laken showed devotion with every aspect of her life,” said Chloe Mullis, president of the University of Georgia chapter of Alpha Chi Omega.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

In 1983 Kary Mullis was driving up to his cabin on the northern coast of California with his girlfriend, a chemist at the biotechnology company where they had been hired to synthesize genetic fragments.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2022

I should specially mention my captains of guns, T. Mitchell, 1st class P.O., and J. Mullis, 1st class P.O., for their hard work, the latter the best and quickest shot of the two.

From With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service by Burne, C. R. N. (Charles Richard Newdigate)