invent

Example Sentences

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Why didn’t someone at OpenAI already invent this?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

If we’re gonna go really deep, I didn’t even invent the music that I wrote — maybe it was written millions of years ago, and I’m just tapping into something.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

They’re the ones that invent this stuff in the first place.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

All that remained was to put rules down on paper, develop special helmets and invent a machine to mould the snowballs.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

“Hello, Richard,” she said and he said, “Olanna, hello,” and Kainene laughed and said, “Richard couldn’t invent any more trips.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie