be invented
Example Sentences
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A thousand stories could be invented, for example, to explain the sight of a car pulled over to the side of the road, while a police officer interviews a nun.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
"People who are modern, who understand that something can be invented."
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
New approaches need to be invented to enable both novice and more experienced teachers to gain the support of their students.
From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023
To begin with, tomato sauce had to be invented — and that only happened after tomatoes were introduced to Italy following Columbus’s voyage to the new world.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023
Nontechnical proofs are there already: available to be used rather than needing to be invented.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
