as in fictitious
not real and existing only in the imagination
a daydreamer who lives mostly in her invented magic kingdom
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as in devised
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 invented
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
Putnam raised the example of how, during the previous upswing, organizations like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were invented just a few years apart, because people recognized that young people needed mentors.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Oxygen tanks weren’t invented until the 19th century, yet there is evidence that Neanderthals 90,000 years ago dived deep for clams.
—Vanita Salisbury, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
Kris practically invented dressing in monochrome.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Actually, my recent research revealed that this view was pretty much invented 500 years ago by the Western Protestant reformers like Luther and Calvin.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
After all, there’s a reason that nonstick pans were invented.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
Smith’s ever-present sense of destiny, her mystical optimism, and her penchant for rebellion make for reminiscences that can sound at once bombastic and humble, half-invented and visceral.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Some drinks are so foundational to our understanding of mixed beverages that they’re less invented than discovered, like fire itself.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
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The wave machine someone invented to simulate the oceans of Pandora risks crushing the actors to death under eight pounds of steel?
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
Putnam raised the example of how, during the previous upswing, organizations like the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were invented just a few years apart, because people recognized that young people needed mentors.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Oxygen tanks weren’t invented until the 19th century, yet there is evidence that Neanderthals 90,000 years ago dived deep for clams.
—Vanita Salisbury, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
Kris practically invented dressing in monochrome.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Actually, my recent research revealed that this view was pretty much invented 500 years ago by the Western Protestant reformers like Luther and Calvin.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
After all, there’s a reason that nonstick pans were invented.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
Smith’s ever-present sense of destiny, her mystical optimism, and her penchant for rebellion make for reminiscences that can sound at once bombastic and humble, half-invented and visceral.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Some drinks are so foundational to our understanding of mixed beverages that they’re less invented than discovered, like fire itself.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invented
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In a white Ford Expedition with exempt plates and red emergency lights, Farzam stopped at a checkpoint manned by the National Guard on January 17 and presented a document showing the vehicle was registered to the fictitious Santa Muerte Fire Department, prosecutors said.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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The film is set in a version of America that, while fictitious, still feels distinctly American.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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Riffmade founders Stephanie Betesh and Nicholas Steigmann devised a whole line of furnishings with this idea in mind, starting with a desk that can be covered up when the work day is over.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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The British military historian John Keegan revealed the hazards of this kind of planning in his anatomy of the Schlieffen Plan, the German strategy for fighting a two-front continental war that was devised, in 1905, by the chief of the army’s general staff, Alfred von Schlieffen.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Anmore and Fort Langley — to make up the fictional community.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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SpringHill’s involvement signals a likely retention of the original’s format, with real sports stars playing themselves as clients of the fictional sports agency.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Even so, del Toro has not merely concocted another Whale of a tale.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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Each district sends two children as tributes to the fight-to-the-death Hunger Games, concocted by the capitol to keep the populace distracted.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Oct. 2025
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One way to represent a complex number like a + ib is as a point on a plane, where a is the position on the x-axis (which can be thought of as the real number line) and b is the position on an imaginary y-axis.—
Daniel Garisto,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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For example, the tests measure AI’s ability to fix inconsistencies in customer invoices Excel spreadsheets for an imaginary sales analyst role, or AI’s ability to create a full production schedule for a 60-second video shoot for an imaginary video producer.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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For Running Fence, I was expected to travel regularly to Petaluma (about three hours north of San Francisco), where Fence would be constructed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Forbidden City was constructed in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty as the imperial family’s workplace and residence.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Both blend horrific imagery in the real and imagined world, however.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Yet politicians often effectively leverage fears to garner votes, and companies routinely market unnecessary products that promise protection from imagined or exaggerated harms.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
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The repetition of that mythic version has buttressed the belief that the fight for American independence was an event somehow separate from world history.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That was a really great mythic take.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Invented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invented. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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