invention

Example Sentences

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But the fact remains: that Elizabeth Lane, the one America invites into its kitchens every month, is an invention.

From Salon

The whole idea of slapping a label on people based on when they were born is a 20th-century invention, originating in Hungarian sociologist Karl Mannheim’s 1952 book “The Problem of Generations.”

From Salon

For now, however, these inventions have no official name.

From BBC

At this point, the pivot is one of Silicon Valley’s signature inventions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Morgan, forced a client with more inventions than profits, named Thomas Edison, to merge his electric company with a Schenectady, N.Y., lighting outfit that had more commercial momentum than star power.

From Barron's