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
Although few people know her name, Yeager had a huge influence on 20th century pop culture — popularizing the bikini, helping discover Bettie Page, shaping the image of Playboy and inventing the selfie.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
In many ways, today’s LLMs are far too flexible—inventing information or taking unexpected shortcuts.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Yet, bizarrely, the TV show undercuts this angle by inventing a serial killer nurse from whole cloth, a move that shifts the blame away from systemic forces and toward a motiveless scoundrel.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Despite his resistance to participating in yet another documentary—and the show’s underuse of him, in what is either a callback to The Office or a failure to learn from its mistakes—Oscar ends up inventing number games.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
The Swiss watchmaker, known for inventing the tourbillon movement that was patented by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1801, holds over 200 patents in all, and has been a standards setter in watchmaking.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Turing proved this seminal result by inventing a formal mathematical model of computation in which programs are represented by hypothetical devices now called Turing machines.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
The amenity was ubiquitous in the years when developers were inventing the modern apartment building and the city wasn’t yet bursting with dining options, said historian Andrew Dolkart, who lives in a building that had a restaurant for exactly that reason.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame; some credit him with inventing the choke slam.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
In many ways, today’s LLMs are far too flexible—inventing information or taking unexpected shortcuts.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Yet, bizarrely, the TV show undercuts this angle by inventing a serial killer nurse from whole cloth, a move that shifts the blame away from systemic forces and toward a motiveless scoundrel.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Despite his resistance to participating in yet another documentary—and the show’s underuse of him, in what is either a callback to The Office or a failure to learn from its mistakes—Oscar ends up inventing number games.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
The Swiss watchmaker, known for inventing the tourbillon movement that was patented by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1801, holds over 200 patents in all, and has been a standards setter in watchmaking.
—Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Turing proved this seminal result by inventing a formal mathematical model of computation in which programs are represented by hypothetical devices now called Turing machines.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
The amenity was ubiquitous in the years when developers were inventing the modern apartment building and the city wasn’t yet bursting with dining options, said historian Andrew Dolkart, who lives in a building that had a restaurant for exactly that reason.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2025
In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame; some credit him with inventing the choke slam.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventing
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One of the biggest difficulties in devising laws on the topic of AI for mental health involves defining what constitutes AI for mental health.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Bob-Waksberg and his collaborators retain their impressive gift for devising ludicrous comic set pieces to go alongside the heavier material.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 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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That isn't stopping Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report from concocting a massive trade proposal that would send the nine-time All-Star to the New York Knicks.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, the only character from The Office that actually carried over into the new series is Oscar, who serves as the lead accountant for Softees but gets dragooned into reporting and constructing Sudokus for the paper.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Humanity, united by one language, settles on a plain in Shinar and begins constructing a tower to reach the heavens and make a name for themselves.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Jensen Huang from Nvidia called it an essential tool for designing NVIDIA's most advanced chips, including the Blackwell series.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Shaffi, a senior data architect at Amazon Web Services, is widely recognized for designing secure, large scale data infrastructures that power global enterprises.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Inventing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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