invention
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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
The fame machine is a distinctly American invention.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Reviewing the musical before it transferred to Broadway, our critic praised it as “an exuberant parade of song, dance, preening and posing that revitalizes Mr. Lloyd Webber’s enduring score with wit, invention and roof-rattling energy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Now, you probably know that for every world-famous, history-changing invention ever created, first there was a problem that needed to be solved.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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
The same pattern appears in biomedical innovation: Female inventors are disproportionately likely to produce inventions related to women’s health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
If inventions are as idiosyncratic and unpredictable as the disk seems to suggest, then efforts to generalize about the history of technology may be doomed from the outset.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing invention
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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The Stone Age - Middle School and High School
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