as in devising
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 inventing
There is this common understanding of the disruptive way of inventing a genre.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 June 2026
Since inventing optical fiber for long-range communication in 1970, Corning has provided millions of miles of cables to connect racks together in AI data centers from all the major players.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 8 June 2026
The government has and has had a role in all of those technologies, inventing them, shaping them.
—CBS News, 7 June 2026
In Los Angeles, Baker is credited with his Dodgers teammate Glenn Burke for inventing the high-five.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2026
Because what’s more romantic than loving someone to the point of inventing a drink for them?
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Building on a concept devised by the director and producer Pierre-Henri Léon, Santiago Otheguy’s script plays fast and loose with Bizet’s opera and the Prosper Mérimée novella that inspired it — to the point of inventing an entirely new protagonist.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 May 2026
Whereas electricity was powerful in automating physical processes, and the internet moved information faster, neither technology made inventing new things faster.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 May 2026
Save the wine for dinner and ask about the drink of the day to make the most of the talented bartenders who delight in inventing new cocktails.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 June 2026
Since inventing optical fiber for long-range communication in 1970, Corning has provided millions of miles of cables to connect racks together in AI data centers from all the major players.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 8 June 2026
The government has and has had a role in all of those technologies, inventing them, shaping them.
—CBS News, 7 June 2026
In Los Angeles, Baker is credited with his Dodgers teammate Glenn Burke for inventing the high-five.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2026
Because what’s more romantic than loving someone to the point of inventing a drink for them?
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Building on a concept devised by the director and producer Pierre-Henri Léon, Santiago Otheguy’s script plays fast and loose with Bizet’s opera and the Prosper Mérimée novella that inspired it — to the point of inventing an entirely new protagonist.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 May 2026
Whereas electricity was powerful in automating physical processes, and the internet moved information faster, neither technology made inventing new things faster.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 May 2026
Save the wine for dinner and ask about the drink of the day to make the most of the talented bartenders who delight in inventing new cocktails.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventing
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States are getting creative in devising how the money will be collected either through taxation or voluntary donations by state residents.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Working with industry qubits Imec’s genius is not in devising a new kind of qubit but in using one that’s the easiest to scale.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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For the mixed martial arts event, crews have spent the past three weeks constructing the Claw, a 92-foot-tall structure that will house the Octagon.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The first phase includes grading the site, building roadways around the property, constructing ball fields and relocating existing overhead power lines underground, the latter of which has already been completed in a contract with Idaho Power.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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Tasked with designing the FIFA KC Fan Fest site for the World Cup, Kansas City sports architecture firm Populous checked the boxes of musts to be included for the site at the World War I Museum.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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The latter, a toy company, co-owns the Transformers brand with Hasbro and used their expertise and technology developed from designing toys of the Autobots and Decepticons to give SORA-Q its transforming capabilities.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 June 2026
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“Inventing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventing. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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