invention
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Facing nothing like today’s environmental review, occupational safety regime or modern product-liability law, Edison promised investors a minor invention every 10 days and a big thing every six months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Reviews praised its candour and musical invention, calling Allen's work "breathtaking and heartbreaking", external and "a brutal, tell-all masterpiece", external.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
I propose a philosophy based on individual empowerment as the source of prosperity, invention as the primary purpose of superintelligence, and balance of power as the foundation of safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Osterberg caught wind of the invention of basketball by Massachusetts gym teacher James Naismith in 1891 and its subsequent rapid surge in popularity earlier than most in the UK.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
This particular invention lunged with one arm stretched toward the girls; it seemed to be chasing the Ellisons.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
In 1876, he built the country’s first industrial research laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, for $2,500, paid for with money earned from his telegraph inventions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
You can bring America’s inventions to life below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
He also recalled the many inventions and labor-saving gadgets, some designed by Jefferson, that filled the redbrick house modeled on the classical designs of Andrea Palladio, a renowned Italian architect.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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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