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His father, Milo Gitter, had studied business and worked as a diamond dealer in Antwerp and Vienna.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“Previously, I had studied naturopathy with the intention of going to a naturopathic school — herbalism, Reiki and light touch therapy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Some of the startups have executives who had studied and worked in the U.S., and have labs there, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

During graduate school, she had studied similar textures through photos and samples shared by a lab mate who focused on microbial fossils from the Early Triassic.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Boating was one of the many things she had studied without having any clear reason to do so.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer