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Whittaker

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[hwit-uh-ker, wit-] / ˈʰwɪt ə kər, ˈwɪt- /

noun

  1. Charles Evans, 1901–73, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1957–62.


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Speaking at the same event, the head of open-source messaging application Signal, Meredith Whittaker, warned about AI being controlled by a handful of billionaires, but urged the audience "don't buy the hype".

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

It was later revived in 2005 by Davies, and in the last two decades stars including Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Jodie Whittaker have played the Doctor.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Very outspoken compared to other Silicon Valley bosses, Signal's president is Meredith Whittaker, who spent years working for Google and is a fierce critic of business models built on the extraction of personal data.

From Barron's Apr. 25, 2026

West Coast climber Jim Whittaker reached the highest point on Earth on May 1, 1963.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

A very general system of chemical communication between living things of all kinds, plant and animal, has been termed “allelochemics” by Whittaker.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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