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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
These were modern inventions made possible by the introduction of railroads to transport prisoners long distances from battlefields, and by the growth of administrative and organizational structures required to manage not just mass armies but hundreds of thousands of prisoners.
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Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Author Murray Olderman argued in his book The Pro Quarterback that the modern T Formation came out of the National Recovery Administration in 1933, one of several inventions intended to create excitement and lift the country out of the Depression.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Not to sound lazy, but there are some pretty neat inventions that have come along to make this process much easier.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
The Thomas Edison House displays several of his inventions, including the mimeograph and the ditto machine.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
Hulu Sometimes, after a long day at work, there's nothing more comforting than watching a bunch of richer-than-rich investors squabbling over the inventions of eager entrepreneurs.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
His inventions are credited with saving the lives of millions of patients.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2026
Then Atre and his friends would retire to their desks and go to work, focused, enthralled, relentless — ten, twelve, fourteen hours without pause — applying their energies to their various start-ups and inventions and business ideas.
—Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Some changes will be a return to the past, and some will be new inventions.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 30 Jan. 2026
Drew Gilpin Faust, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2026
Author Murray Olderman argued in his book The Pro Quarterback that the modern T Formation came out of the National Recovery Administration in 1933, one of several inventions intended to create excitement and lift the country out of the Depression.
—CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
Not to sound lazy, but there are some pretty neat inventions that have come along to make this process much easier.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
The Thomas Edison House displays several of his inventions, including the mimeograph and the ditto machine.
—Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
Hulu Sometimes, after a long day at work, there's nothing more comforting than watching a bunch of richer-than-rich investors squabbling over the inventions of eager entrepreneurs.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
His inventions are credited with saving the lives of millions of patients.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2026
Then Atre and his friends would retire to their desks and go to work, focused, enthralled, relentless — ten, twelve, fourteen hours without pause — applying their energies to their various start-ups and inventions and business ideas.
—Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Some changes will be a return to the past, and some will be new inventions.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventions
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Each organizational choice created affordances and constraints that shaped subsequent innovations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Expect practical assistance, love and blessings, innovations, and plenty of money.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2026
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But these have always been legal fictions.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The vast encyclopedic architecture of Gravity’s Rainbow (1973) or Mason & Dixon (1997) gives way here to a series of detective fictions each set in a distinct historical moment, each featuring a reluctant investigator sifting through the wreckage of cultural paranoia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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My very specific fantasies about the Iran of the future are my way of keeping the political imagination alive and open.—
Arash Azizi,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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There is no shortage of opportunities for children, particularly Black and brown ones, to be disabused of their fantasies.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Join me each week for these and other tales about Des Moines' and Iowa's surprisingly colorful past.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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Rockrohr used both sides of this visual coin, telling of groundwork done by the late Harry Teshima to bring Black residents into the community and tales of lasting friendships and stories of insults thrown at Black students.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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Some of the data tells stories of its own.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Feb. 2026
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Testimony is also likely to include emotional stories from those who were in the school that day.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Animated family films have been a staple of entertainment culture for nearly a century and offer a rich catalog of adventures, fables, fairy tales and dramas.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
27 Jan. 2026
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Or throw it back with some age-old fables or fairy tales.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
20 Jan. 2026
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These partnerships inspired the company to expand their creative vision of how their fabrications can be showcased.—
Emily Mercer,
Footwear News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Stretch shifts Despite buzz about the return of the skinny jean, the market has not reverted to high-stretch fabrications.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Jan. 2026
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Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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