as in to devise
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 invent
The small upturned tips of each wing are called winglets, and although they weren’t added to the big airliners until the late 1980s, they were invented more than a century earlier.
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Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
But the Edmondson Avenue plant had another product line, the Hostess Twinkie, the snack cake that was invented in Illinois in 1930.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025
It was originally invented as a medical coating for pills.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
In 1948, photography and instant gratification converged when Edwin H. Land invented the first Polaroid camera.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
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Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
But the Edmondson Avenue plant had another product line, the Hostess Twinkie, the snack cake that was invented in Illinois in 1930.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025
It was originally invented as a medical coating for pills.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
In 1948, photography and instant gratification converged when Edwin H. Land invented the first Polaroid camera.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invent
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Flummoxed in Congress, organizing back home The pushback to Trump has been slow in starting as congressional Democrats, outnumbered in both chambers, continue to struggle to devise the strongest message and most effective tactics to use against the Republican president.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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For this space, Pablo Luna Studio devised a new type of harmony that combines inventiveness with deep roots.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Essentially, people are challenging themselves to concoct the most atrociously belligerent bass in history.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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In second place is Jeff (Ramy Youssef), an AI guru getting a lot of love from the public sector about an anti-deepfake filter his company has concocted.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2025
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Even in cities like New York, where nearly every square inch is already built up, developers are constantly knocking things down and constructing new buildings, giving them a chance to create a different kind of trash system.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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