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as in innovations
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
his clever invention made people's lives easier
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as in fictions
something that is the product of the imagination
unsurprisingly, the story about being kidnapped by aliens was pure invention
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Recent Examples of inventions
Sketch ridiculous inventions, stage a mini talent show, or build something with whatever's at hand.
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Cas Holman, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
The Chinese Laundry Era lasted until the mid-1980s, when inventions like the home washer and dryer led many Chinese laundries to go out of business.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Tim Wu has made a career of making these inventions a working reality.
—K. H. Koehler, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
About a decade ago, many economists took a more pessimistic view, arguing that inventions such as smartphones or even the internet had less of an economic impact than previous developments such as the airplane or the car.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
This year, the Switch 2 also made our list of the year’s top inventions.
—Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Thom Browne injected color and whimsy into his alien-friendly spring 2026 show on Monday, all the way down to his creative footwear inventions.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
That foundation set the stage for one of Silicon Valley’s most iconic inventions—the FitBit.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
In his most delirious inventions there’s something that at the same time is so simple, so little bird, and so gin rummy.
—Julio Cortázar, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Cas Holman, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
The Chinese Laundry Era lasted until the mid-1980s, when inventions like the home washer and dryer led many Chinese laundries to go out of business.
—Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Tim Wu has made a career of making these inventions a working reality.
—K. H. Koehler, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
About a decade ago, many economists took a more pessimistic view, arguing that inventions such as smartphones or even the internet had less of an economic impact than previous developments such as the airplane or the car.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
This year, the Switch 2 also made our list of the year’s top inventions.
—Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Thom Browne injected color and whimsy into his alien-friendly spring 2026 show on Monday, all the way down to his creative footwear inventions.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
That foundation set the stage for one of Silicon Valley’s most iconic inventions—the FitBit.
—Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
In his most delirious inventions there’s something that at the same time is so simple, so little bird, and so gin rummy.
—Julio Cortázar, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventions
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Underscoring this urgency is the emergence of regulations like Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), which are driving innovations in sustainable fabric sourcing and waste reduction.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
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If everyone is talking about AI, that’s in part because the publicization of those innovations has generated exponentially growing revenues for the companies developing those models.—
Yoshua Bengio,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The End, the past year has seen a surge in speculative fictions about super-rich characters who hunker down in expensive isolation as the world burns.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
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It is rooted in the dehumanizing language and convenient fictions that precede acts of violence.—
Brad Braxton,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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What fantastic fantasies will lure risk-seeking treasure hunters to breach the massive walls of iron thorns surrounding mysterious radioactive caverns buried deep in the deserts?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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The haze of this dreamy transit could’ve left us projecting fantasies, chasing ideals and ignoring truths that matter.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Its interconnected tales, which evoke campfire stories and urban legends, wring morbid laughs and genuine scares in much the same fashion as Tales From the Crypt.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Make a pit stop in SoHo at The Dominick where a vintage phone booth in the lobby awaits, outfitted with a Haunted Hotline that tells chilling tales inspired by NYC.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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The thrill of the unexplained is what prompts so many to take ghost tours, which often tell juicy and sometimes goosebump-inducing stories that give historic sites a richer context.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those stories kept the massive, icy North American territory in his mind until this year.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gossip fed the frenzy of the Salem Witch Trials and has been the subtext of one too many fables where mischief masks moral rot.—
Oriel FeldmanHall,
Time,
6 Oct. 2025
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Its instructions are vague, its arguments belabored and its absurdist fables too plentiful.—
Book Marks
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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And like the previous two, including an Emmy Award-winning 2022 series about Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, the story of Ed Gein has a number of exaggerations and fabrications over its eight episodes.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, the hickory stripe denim used in the collection has a lighter, smoother weight than modern stiffer fabrications.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Inventions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventions. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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