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Marvin

American  
[mahr-vin] / ˈmɑr vɪn /

noun

  1. a male given name.


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For one of the optimistic developers of AI, the musically minded computer scientist Marvin Minsky, the Media Lab functioned akin to a surgeon removing blockages to the imagination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Disruptive, founded in 2012 by Alex Davis, grandson of oil and media billionaire Marvin Davis, gained prominence after Nvidia’s $20 billion licensing agreement with Groq late last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Marketing engineers are the hire of 2026,” Marvin Chow, a Google marketer, wrote on LinkedIn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Willis took over presenting duties in 2014, joined for several series by Marvin Humes of boyband JLS.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Marvin Stepson had the judicious air of someone who had spent his whole career serving the law.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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