invention
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The lawsuit claimed the invention infringed on Edison’s own work—a familiar maneuver in an era when patent law functioned as both shield and weapon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Patent No. 174,465 for his invention of the telephone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Of course, having to rely on an invention rather than Mother Nature isn’t really what anyone wants.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
Wilson believes that Snow Secure—the high-tech insulated polystyrene blanket that unfolds like an accordion, then drapes over a pile of snow—is just the invention.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
The real revolution in astronomy came with Tycho Brahe’s nova, with the abandonment of belief in the crystalline spheres, and with the invention of the telescope.
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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