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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

Reed Abelson is a health care reporter for The Times and Jordan Rau is a reporter for KFF Health News.

From New York Times Nov. 14, 2023

The same-day reservations snagged by Abelson — and a Times reporter — may be fallout from the scandal involving the owners and chefs, Elizabeth Johnson and Will Aghajanian.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2023

In June 1940 Ed McMillan and Philip Abelson of the Rad Lab published an account in the Physical Review of their discovery of element 93, a radioactive daughter of uranium.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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