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Auer

American  
[au-er] / ˈaʊ ər /

noun

  1. Leopold 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.


Auer British  
/ ˈauər /

noun

  1. Karl (karl), Baron von Welsbach. 1858–1929, Austrian chemist who discovered the cerium-iron alloy used for flints in cigarette lighters and invented the incandescent gas mantle

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But don't be fooled by how things seem on the surface, Auer says.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

In the months after she learned about the hack, Auer requested a hard copy of her records from Vastaamo.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

“While IRobot has become a peripheral player recently, Amazon had the specific capacity to reverse those fortunes — specifically by integrating IRobot into its successful ecosystem of home devices,” Auer said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

“Blocking this deal was a strategic error,” said Dirk Auer, director of competition policy at the International Center for Law & Economics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

In 1879, however, Lecoq de Boisbaudran showed that Mosander’s “didymium” contained samarium; while the residual “didymium,” after removal of samarium, was split by Auer v.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

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