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something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist
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These were modern inventions made possible by the introduction of railroads to transport prisoners long distances from battlefields, and by the growth of administrative and organizational structures required to manage not just mass armies but hundreds of thousands of prisoners.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026 -
Author Murray Olderman argued in his book The Pro Quarterback that the modern T Formation came out of the National Recovery Administration in 1933, one of several inventions intended to create excitement and lift the country out of the Depression.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Each organizational choice created affordances and constraints that shaped subsequent innovations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Expect practical assistance, love and blessings, innovations, and plenty of money.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2026
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