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invent

[in-vent] / ɪnˈvɛnt /




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She invented the Vancouver Wolves and spun tales around its players.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, but believed its main uses would be for office work, education and recording memories, not music.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Early comments about how AI is the most profound technology ever invented seem to be more or less accurate,” said Louis Navellier, of Navellier Calculated Investing.

From Barron's

He’s been little more than an emcee for negotiations, but wants us to think he invented armistice.

From Salon

In “The Mighty Continent,” he condenses a grand historical narrative into a conversational and erudite survey of a civilization that “invented the modern world.”

From The Wall Street Journal