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
Indeed, it’s been 60 years since England won the 1966 World Cup on their home soil, a humbling reality for the country credited with inventing soccer and that boasts the sport’s most prestigious professional league.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
There is this common understanding of the disruptive way of inventing a genre.
—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
Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026
There is this common understanding of the disruptive way of inventing a genre.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventing
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However, Solskjaer had spent that off-season devising how United would play with Sancho in an attacking unit alongside Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial and Dan James, with the likes of Bruno Fernandes just behind.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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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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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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If that occurs, The Economist’s two-track internet may be remembered as one of the earliest signs that humanity had begun constructing a parallel universe of knowledge for a new form of intelligence.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
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Purchasing and renovating the existing buildings could save as much as $111 million compared with constructing new facilities, according to county documents.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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This woman hired me two years ago to help guide her through the process of designing and building her dream retirement home.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
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The giant automotive manufacturer’s job will be designing, engineering and mass-producing the autonomous vehicles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 June 2026
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“Inventing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventing. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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