How to Use rocket scientist in a Sentence

rocket scientist

noun
  • So, whether your child wants to be a rocket scientist, welder or cheesemaker, your forward thinking can help support them.
    — Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • Steven Ramm, 35, Denver, rocket scientist.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Steven Ramm, 35, Denver, rocket scientist.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Steven Ramm, 35, Denver, rocket scientist.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Steven Ramm, 35, Denver, rocket scientist.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Steven Ramm, 35, Denver, rocket scientist.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Steven Ramm, 35, Denver, rocket scientist.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2025
  • It wasn’t led by developers or builders or even architects; it was helmed by a rocket scientist — with expertise in nuclear reactor propulsion.
    — Linda Poon, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The season 49 cast features a rocket scientist, an airport ramp agent, a career coach and a political comms director, among others.
    — Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The episode proved to be a great one for Colorado rocket scientist Steven Ramm, who earned both a vote block advantage and immunity at tribal council.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Steven Ramm Steven Ramm, who works as a rocket scientist in Denver, is one of the most energetic and outgoing players on the island.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Karen, the literal rocket scientist in the Wilson family, is obviously Hen’s first choice, but her wife simply can’t reconcile her own serious science career with Tripp’s deeply unserious approach.
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Despite blocking Savannah's vote, the Colorado rocket scientist was blindsided by his closest allies, Sage Ahrens-Nichols and Kristina Mills, in a unanimous 4-1 vote.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • In April, Perry, 40, along with journalist Gayle King, philanthropist Lauren Sánchez, activist Amanda Nguyen and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and film producer Kerianne Flynn went to space aboard a Blue Origin rocket on an all-female mission.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The other women included Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist and CEO of STEMBoard Aisha Bowe and Kerianne Flynn, a film producer.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) was founded in 1956 at Redstone, and, under the direction of legendary rocket scientist and former Nazi Party member Wernher von Braun, developed the PGM-11 Redstone, the first American missile to carry a live nuclear warhead.
    — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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