invent
Example Sentences
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Why didn’t someone at OpenAI already invent this?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
If we’re gonna go really deep, I didn’t even invent the music that I wrote — maybe it was written millions of years ago, and I’m just tapping into something.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
They’re the ones that invent this stuff in the first place.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
"To meet the moment, we will invent new business models and new ways to play by leaning into what we already have: iconic teams, characters and worlds that people love."
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
That poem, aptly titled “The Bells,” uses so many different words to describe the sounds made by bells that Mr. Poe evidently ran out and had to invent a new one: “tintinnabulation.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.