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something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist
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Here are some inventions, both new and historical, that have drawn inspiration from nature’s creativity.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025 -
Among these inventions, cylinder seals are perhaps the most distinctive but least known.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Governors and mayors, the public and private sector, civil society and multilateral organizations will come together to champion subnational collaboration, mobilize financing for local climate projects and build the local innovations already driving global progress.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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But despite all the technical jargon, and despite the breathless chase after the newest innovations, the basic ideas of AI are not that complicated, and not that new, and they can be understood by all of us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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