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Abelson

British  
/ ˈeɪbəlsən /

noun

  1. Philip. 1913–2004, US physical chemist. He created (with Edwin McMillan) the first transuranic element, neptunium (1940)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ari Abelson, the co-founder of OpenOrigins, a company that helps identity AI-generated and deepfake content, told Salon that he sees the political maneuverings of these companies as a byproduct of shifting business models.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2026

Investors greeted Dow 1000 with “about the same degree of enthusiasm they’d accord news of a record run in cricket,” Alan Abelson wrote in the Up & Down Wall Street column in Barron’s.

From Barron's Nov. 5, 2025

District Judge Adam Abelson ruled that the directives by Trump may violate free-speech rights in the US Constitution.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2025

Reed Abelson covers the business of health care, focusing on how financial incentives are affecting the delivery of care, from the costs to consumers to the profits to providers.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2024

Working on a navy contract quietly and virtually single-handedly at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lawrence’s former graduate student Philip Abelson had perfected a way of enriching uranium by thermal diffusion.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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