as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
they invented an explanation for the broken vase that would satisfy their grandmother
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Recent Examples of invent
Banana's foster is a traditional New Orleans dessert that was invented at the famed Brennan's Restaurant.
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Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Forfang was suspended last year in a jumpsuit-tampering scandal that brought shame to the country that invented the sport.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Over the past 20 years, Wright has co-invented several technologies related to surgical heart valves, working with his team to develop new ideas aimed at improving valve durability through advanced tissue technologies.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
The chalky sweets trace their roots to 19th-century Boston, where pharmacist Oliver Chase invented a machine in 1847 to press sugar lozenges, which led to the founding of the New England Confectionery Company (NECCO), according to National Geographic.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Forfang was suspended last year in a jumpsuit-tampering scandal that brought shame to the country that invented the sport.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
Over the past 20 years, Wright has co-invented several technologies related to surgical heart valves, working with his team to develop new ideas aimed at improving valve durability through advanced tissue technologies.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
The chalky sweets trace their roots to 19th-century Boston, where pharmacist Oliver Chase invented a machine in 1847 to press sugar lozenges, which led to the founding of the New England Confectionery Company (NECCO), according to National Geographic.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invent
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This long-standing principle originated with Robert Freilich, a consultant hired in the early 1970s by Mayor Pete Wilson to devise a growth management strategy for San Diego.—
Nico Calavita,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Just days after German tanks rolled into Denmark in April 1940, Allied officials huddled to devise ways to protect Ivittuut’s magical mineral.—
Thomas Robertson,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Since the advent of TV and radio, public figures have concocted deliberate soundbites to stick out and persuade the public.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Reporters including Sheen can be seen concocting covert plots to meet with them face to face, the success or failure of which briefly becomes an intense point of interest.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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Six of the skiers huddled in a makeshift shelter constructed with tarpaulin sheets.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Inspired by musical festival culture, his design practice is rooted in the expression of haute couture craftsmanship by constructing rich visual narratives and deconstructed techniques with surreal and absurdity coexisting.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
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“Invent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invent. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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