invention
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It sounds like a crackpot invention advertised on the back of an old comic book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Berners-Lee originally proposed his world-changing invention as a way for scientists around the world to share information about their research.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The orchestra is huge, the musical invention, irresistible, and the sheer scale of orchestral writing is downright heroic.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
And it turns out there’s an ingenious, inexpensive little invention that combines the pacifier with the medicine syringe.
From Slate • May 17, 2026
That involved the invention of many new instruments for improved measurements on Earth and in the heavens—cross-staffs, sextants, quadrants—and it was driven by a new obsession with accuracy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing invention
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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The Stone Age - Middle School and High School
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