as in innovation
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
the first submarine must have seemed like a wild concoction at the time
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Recent Examples of concoction
Like previous years, the Cincinnati concoction did not disappoint.
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
Even more impressive is the rib sandwich, a wondrously messy concoction with a short, meaty slab served with bones and all between two slices of plain white bread, with plenty of sauce and slaw, too.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
But Jewett denied there was any evidence Gladney had outed Bragg, calling that a concoction used to bolster the self-defense theory.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
If this estate is a Wonka’s factory for grown-ups, then Bernardini is the twinkle-eyed maestro creating fantastical concoctions of delight and wonder, while the waterfall pours out Dom Perignon 2015, not chocolate.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
Even more impressive is the rib sandwich, a wondrously messy concoction with a short, meaty slab served with bones and all between two slices of plain white bread, with plenty of sauce and slaw, too.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
But Jewett denied there was any evidence Gladney had outed Bragg, calling that a concoction used to bolster the self-defense theory.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
If this estate is a Wonka’s factory for grown-ups, then Bernardini is the twinkle-eyed maestro creating fantastical concoctions of delight and wonder, while the waterfall pours out Dom Perignon 2015, not chocolate.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concoction
Noun
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While OpenAI says that scaling is key to driving innovation and future AI breakthroughs, investors and analysts are beginning to raise their eyebrows over the mindboggling sums.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
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Made in Africa is a monthly column by Rolling Stone staff writer Mankaprr Conteh that celebrates and interrogates the lives, concerns, and innovations of cultural workers of the African diaspora from their vantage point.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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Out of this mess came the last great invention of the twentieth century.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Jacques Cousteau’s 1949 aqualung invention spurred a new era of undersea activity.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Sep. 2025
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There are obstacles to the creation of a drone wall, namely its financing, management — given its cross-border nature and the diversity of airspace security laws — as well as issues to do with technical integration, according to Miriam McNabb, editor in chief of the online Dronelife publication.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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City of Yes passed at the end of last year, promising to create more than 80,000 new homes over 15 years, in part by legalizing the creation of apartments in people’s backyards or basements of people’s single- and two-family homes.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
30 Sep. 2025
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PCMag editors select and review products independently.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The risk is higher for older adults, pregnant or breastfeeding individuals, children, and anyone taking other CNS-depressant medications or products.—
Alex Yampolsky,
Verywell Health,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Concoction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concoction. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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