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invent

[in-vent] / ɪnˈvɛnt /




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“We got into this game that we didn’t invent but was necessary to play,” Debby Soo, CEO of OpenTable, said of the financial incentives.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

One promising strategy is not to invent a completely new antibiotic, but to help existing drugs work again.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

How did he come to invent such a strange spiritual system, and develop the nerve to sell it both to mainstream publishers and the academic establishment?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

In that vacuum, it makes sense that some Catholics have begun to invent their own beliefs.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2026

In mathematics Pascal helped invent a whole new branch of the field: probability theory.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"Our work is a prime example of how evolution seldom invents things from scratch," says Daniel Kronauer, head of the Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior at Rockefeller.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

"Every new live-service game invents its own demise," van Dreunen said.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

What’s your role in “The Miniature Wife”? I play Lindy Littlejohn, whose spouse invents technology that shrinks fresh produce and, accidentally, me.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Even when he rewrites precedent and invents his own doctrines, his steps have been plotted years in advance.

From Salon Oct. 15, 2025

Once the miracle of creation has taken place, the group can build and extend it, but the group never invents anything.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

“I think he may have single-handedly invented a new way to do literary events. I don’t know what to call it ... a literary roast?,”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

In 1856 the British engineer Henry Bessemer invented a process for the mass-production of steel, and the material became cheap.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Microsoft and Google’s cloud businesses have grown faster than Amazon’s for some time, to the point where they pose a legitimate threat to AWS’s dominance of an industry it virtually invented two decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The group also faces increased competition from copycats in supermarkets, as well as from rival Select, which claims to have invented the spritz in Venice in 1920.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

The credit default swap had just been invented by bankers at J.P.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

He’s made a movie about Odysseus’ remorse for inventing the Trojan horse without a crucial scene: the moment he invents it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The Lydians are widely credited with inventing coinage, and their ruler, King Croesus, became legendary for his immense wealth.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

Throughout its history, Apple has done more innovating than inventing, and that’s the case here: The concept of conversational AI isn’t new—but this implementation certainly will be.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Lee also pointed to a Wednesday post on X from Bollinger Capital Management president and founder John Bollinger, best known for inventing the Bollinger Bands technical tools.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

Now, over here,” Mr. Wonka went on, skipping excitedly across the room to the opposite wall, “over here I am inventing a completely new line in toffees!”

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl




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