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
The drink was invented in the mid-1930s in Venice, Italy, at a place called Harry’s Bar as a seasonal drink created by owner Giuseppe Cipriani.
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Tammy Algood, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Then, starting in 2004, researchers at the University of Maryland and then Microsoft began experimenting with using a new kind of computer chip that had been invented for video games, called a graphics processing unit, to train and run neural networks.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The OneThird Avocado Scanner – named after the Dutch company which invented the technology – can measure the ripeness of an avocado in seconds by using infrared technology to read exactly what the fruit looks like inside.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is a more specific phenomenology, yet to be charted, that exists solely in digital formats, where ghosting was, if not invented, perhaps perfected, allowing the ghoster to move from total accessibility to total inaccessibility in an instant.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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Tammy Algood, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Then, starting in 2004, researchers at the University of Maryland and then Microsoft began experimenting with using a new kind of computer chip that had been invented for video games, called a graphics processing unit, to train and run neural networks.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The OneThird Avocado Scanner – named after the Dutch company which invented the technology – can measure the ripeness of an avocado in seconds by using infrared technology to read exactly what the fruit looks like inside.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is a more specific phenomenology, yet to be charted, that exists solely in digital formats, where ghosting was, if not invented, perhaps perfected, allowing the ghoster to move from total accessibility to total inaccessibility in an instant.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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Laws governing the use of AI should be devised in a Goldilocks manner.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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While creatives have historically devised and illustrated their ideas, using tech tools like Photoshop to fine-tune them, the script appears to have flipped — with AI starting the process and humans perfecting the final product.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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To solve this problem, materials scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have concocted a new sunscreen recipe that spares the ocean’s vital microorganisms.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
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Not only is the kitchen fully on display but a separate alcove is given over to his highly technical lab, a play space dedicated to fermentation, aging, preserving and otherwise concocting.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The district plans to begin constructing the canals in 2026, and is looking for a developer to partner in the project, Alanis said.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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The building that houses it was constructed in the 1940s; quirky designs abound inside, as do low ceilings and claustrophobic layouts.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Invent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invent. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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