as in inventions
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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Money from the bond would go toward research in wildfire and pandemic preparedness, new medical treatments and other areas, with revenue from inventions shared with the state.—
Felicia Mello,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026 -
In fact, feathers are one of evolution’s cleverest inventions.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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By the mid-19th century, Americans were patenting innovations at a rate several times that of Britain’s per capita rate.—
David H. Hsu,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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The American Innovation $1 Coin Program began in 2018 and honors groundbreaking innovations and the people behind them.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2026
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