technologist
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technologists
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Origin of technologist
First recorded in 1855–60; technolog(y) + -ist
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“There’s alarmingly high denial rates, and that is known by CMS,” said Lena Cohen, a staff technologist at EFF.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
As one leading technologist put it, “I feel like I’m talking to a highly intelligent alien being.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
A medical technologist working in critical care at a city hospital, Subhrasree was used to emergencies.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“When funding is cut, it brings a world of pain,” said Mayra Castañeda, an ultrasound technologist and a member of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
She thought about becoming a dental assistant, but was leaning toward radiation technologist so she could study cancer and help patients who were getting radiation treatment like her mother.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
“National leaders should convene economists, technologists, labor experts, business leaders and workers themselves regularly to identify where existing institutions are failing and what new authorities may be needed,” he continued.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
But there’s so much talk now about Ukrainian technologists and scientists coming here to teach us to make better drones and help us fight Iran.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Working with technologists, workers and unions can help steer the UK's research and innovation towards workers' priorities for automation... avoiding job-cutting, low-productivity automation," the TUC said in its report.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“There’s not even a billing code or a system for preventive healthcare. Doctors, scientists and technologists lost control. Healthcare is the only system on earth where both sides of the marketplace are wildly unhappy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
According to some estimates, almost half the scientists and high technologists on Earth are employed full- or part-time on military matters.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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