invention
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The subculture organized around the fear that AI could kill us all began to coalesce more than a decade before the invention of the underlying technology that enabled it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Sadly, I’ve been making these sorts of predictions long before the invention of clicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The study’s authors effectively found that necessity is the mother of invention.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
At Lord's, following a swipe to get off the mark with a boundary edged over the slips, Lawrence showed bravery, determination and invention.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Or creating a schematic for an invention that would’ve shifted the world.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
In short, unruly crowds, strange smells, intrusive noise and late nights are not unique inventions of the TikTok era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Cyber security Professor Alan Woodward from Surrey University told reporters OpenAI had "egg on it's face", and Katie Moussouris from Luta Security went further, suggesting the AI industry is failing to control its dangerous inventions.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Some breakthroughs in physics come from brand new inventions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Dramatic backstories about "secret inventions" or "industry breakthroughs"
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Violet chose several about mechanical inventions, Klaus chose several about wolves, and Sunny found a book with many pictures of teeth inside.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
Vocabulary lists containing invention
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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"Hitching a Ride"
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The Stone Age - Middle School and High School
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