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Sholes

American  
[shohlz] / ʃoʊlz /

noun

  1. Christopher Latham 1819–90, U.S. inventor of the typewriter.


Sholes British  
/ ʃəʊlz /

noun

  1. Christopher Latham. 1819–90, US inventor, who invented (1868) the typewriter and sold the patent to the Remington company (1873)

"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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“Markets ‘moved on’ from the war and oil prices when gas prices stopped going up,” Esther Sholes, senior macro analyst at Take Profit Trader, and former portfolio manager at Millennium Investment Management, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Apr. 24, 2026

Starting in 1943, veteran producers such as Simon, Steve Sholes and Morty Palitz supervised dozens of sessions resulting in thousands of songs pressed on special singles for the exclusive enjoyment of servicemen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 26, 2026

Sholes said the cemetery knows it’s got a historical curiosity, right now out of the box, sitting in a corner in his office, seen only by staff and to visitors who happened to stop by.

From Seattle Times Jul. 12, 2022

While continuing to play music at night, she worked as a secretary to producers Steve Sholes and Herman Diaz Jr. in the A&R department.

From Washington Post Apr. 12, 2021

Sholes, an American, after five or six years' work, succeeded in producing a machine sufficiently perfect to warrant extensive manufacture.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

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