tinkering
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If inventions are sudden flashes of inspiration, then they can happen to anyone tinkering in a garage or sitting under an apple tree.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Spalding has all the attributes of a future entrepreneur and loves tinkering with cars.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
They went to bed and I started tinkering around on it and then a bit more, bit more and then that developed into: 'Let's get a piano.'
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
All that means that any tinkering with Fannie and Freddie’s status also risks destabilizing the MBS market and driving mortgage rates higher.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
They were merely tinkering in a technological society.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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