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invention

[in-ven-shuhn] / ɪnˈvɛn ʃən /




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AI is the first invention humans have made that can simulate the process of thinking and conversing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The plot also includes an invention called the Situational Accelerator.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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

"It's an impressive case study in how necessity drives invention."

From BBC • May 6, 2026

This philosopher is certainly not Newcomen; but Desaguliers had, I think, correctly intuited the only plausible route to the invention of the Newcomen engine.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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