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Sholes

American

[shohlz] / ʃoʊlz /

noun

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

Sholes British

/ ʃəʊlz /

noun

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

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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

It wasn’t until the 1860s that a trio of U.S. inventors led by Christopher Sholes found the winning approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

“We assume it probably came with the statue when we acquired it, but nobody opened it,” Sholes said.

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

The river obliges the men to undergo great fatigue and labour in hauling the Canoes over the Sholes in the Cold water naked.

From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Lewis, Meriwether

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