as in inventions
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 concoctions
For decades, tangy, creamy and inventive concoctions defined the American salad bowl.
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
All of the clips were AI concoctions.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
The cocktail menu is just as bountiful with concoctions like the Still Hot In Here (tequila, mint, passionfruit, pineapple, and lime) and Purpe Rain (gin, beets, honey, lime).
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Bartenders in the intimate lobby bar serve up craft concoctions nightly to guests and locals alike.
—Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
By the 1970s and ’80s, the Obituary, like many classic cocktails, had lost popularity among a generation who rebelled against the drinks of their parents, preferring sweeter concoctions like the Long Island Iced Tea and Slippery Nipple.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
In the late 19th century, traveling salesmen hawked concoctions of snake oil, uranium, or anything vaguely iridescent and passed it off as a youth tonic to unsuspecting customers.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Others chimed in with water brand theories — or rather, beverages with special electrolyte concoctions.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
In all, the facts should dash any worries of nefarious doctors inflating children with vast volumes of noxious concoctions.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
All of the clips were AI concoctions.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
The cocktail menu is just as bountiful with concoctions like the Still Hot In Here (tequila, mint, passionfruit, pineapple, and lime) and Purpe Rain (gin, beets, honey, lime).
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2025
Bartenders in the intimate lobby bar serve up craft concoctions nightly to guests and locals alike.
—Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
By the 1970s and ’80s, the Obituary, like many classic cocktails, had lost popularity among a generation who rebelled against the drinks of their parents, preferring sweeter concoctions like the Long Island Iced Tea and Slippery Nipple.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
In the late 19th century, traveling salesmen hawked concoctions of snake oil, uranium, or anything vaguely iridescent and passed it off as a youth tonic to unsuspecting customers.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
Others chimed in with water brand theories — or rather, beverages with special electrolyte concoctions.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
In all, the facts should dash any worries of nefarious doctors inflating children with vast volumes of noxious concoctions.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concoctions
Noun
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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
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Among these inventions, cylinder seals are perhaps the most distinctive but least known.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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