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[in-vent] / ɪnˈvɛnt /




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You also can’t invent what is now a lifelong bond.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

While the number of questions you can ask in a day is limited, the number of valuable things superintelligence can invent to help achieve your goals is unlimited.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Another clear argument against divine design is the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which takes a course that simply makes no sense to invent.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

“An officer could simply invent an accusation of criminality, leaving the green-card holder trapped in a bureaucratic twilight zone for years before they have a chance to rebut the accusation at a hearing,” Mark writes.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

I wasn’t even good at them, but give me a football and an empty playground and I could invent last-second triumphs that would bring tears to your eyes.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

He’s made a movie about Odysseus’ remorse for inventing the Trojan horse without a crucial scene: the moment he invents it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

"Our work is a prime example of how evolution seldom invents things from scratch," says Daniel Kronauer, head of the Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior at Rockefeller.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Mr. Hedges invents a lilting melody for “Pinto,” a lyric that had been collected by Lomax, and has honored accordion player Josh Baca take the lead on the Mexican-tinged sound.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

In 2052, a celebrated neuroscientist invents an affordable panacea for suffering that’s soon embraced by the entire human race.

From Salon Dec. 19, 2025

Usually, Meadowlark and I use our before-bed time to talk, brush our teeth together, or play cat’s cradle or card games she invents.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Add orange-rimmed eyes with jet-black pupils set against white cheeks, a dashing black under-eye line and a radiant round orange bill hinge, and the puffin looks like something invented by a talented circus makeup artist.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

That you don’t want to be accepting fancy pens or, like, gorgeous gold earrings or an airplane, which wasn’t invented yet.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

Scientists in London have invented what they claim is the world's first fully biodegradable party balloon.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

The movie has invented its own intuitive archetype, so that now they all find themselves saying, “That’s so ‘wrong girls’” in certain situations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The forensic science that Bertillon and Lépine relied on was invented by Vidocq.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Or 4-year-old “Emma,” whom Ms. Albon observed inventing a game about takeout meals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

I’m kidding: Even under normal circumstances, giving private companies this much power is likely to incentivize inventing enemies to fight or drive unnecessary spending.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

He’s made a movie about Odysseus’ remorse for inventing the Trojan horse without a crucial scene: the moment he invents it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

While at Arsenal, Anelka claimed he was unhappy with the English media, whom he accused of inventing stories about him.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

He spent a good deal of time alone in his room reading Jules Verne and Edgar Allan Poe and inventing things.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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