invent
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As much as Silicon Valley hucksters are vying to invent a cure for death, I doubt we’ll see that in the near future.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
Or that Roger Bacon, an Oxford friar and one of the first to write about the optics of eyeglasses, was imprisoned for attempting to invent them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Customers risk having their claim rejected, their policy cancelled and potential prosecution if they invent or exaggerate a claim.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
To game that out, Klosterman said you could invent and plug in a weather forecast with higher temperatures.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Yet none of these things exists outside the stories that people invent and tell one another.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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