as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
they invented an explanation for the broken vase that would satisfy their grandmother
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Recent Examples of invent
My top tip is watsu (a combination of water and shiatsu, invented in California, of course).
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Horatio Clare,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 June 2026
The threat to upcoming midterm elections is genuine and not invented.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
As long as nothing encroaches on their territories, these mega-caps can continue to invent and profit with their core businesses generating consistent gains.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
Bell’s scheme, presented in a journal devoted to eugenics and geared toward optimizing dietary protein, would later resurface at another moment of food anxiety, when Walter Voegtlin was inventing the Paleo diet in the 1970s.
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David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
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Horatio Clare,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 June 2026
The threat to upcoming midterm elections is genuine and not invented.
—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
28 June 2026
As long as nothing encroaches on their territories, these mega-caps can continue to invent and profit with their core businesses generating consistent gains.
—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
Bell’s scheme, presented in a journal devoted to eugenics and geared toward optimizing dietary protein, would later resurface at another moment of food anxiety, when Walter Voegtlin was inventing the Paleo diet in the 1970s.
—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
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In 2011, Aguirre devised a technique to motivate his Real Zaragoza players ahead of a league match against Real Madrid.
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Scientists at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have devised a technique to turn still-wet coffee grounds into high-grade biofuel in as little as 90 seconds.
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Brazil’s team, meanwhile, decamped to Orlando, Florida, where Laitano affixed players with sweat-collection patches and analyzed their fluid and electrolyte loss during workouts to concoct a hydration regimen for each person.
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In 1949, a Nebraska plumbing contractor named Steve Henson was working in Anchorage, Alaska and concocted a salad dressing out of buttermilk, mayonnaise, and herbs to help feed his crew on remote job sites.
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Workers constructed a special tunnel to bring the larger ones into the building, in Midtown Manhattan.
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Acting as the first line of defense, guardrails must be constructed to withstand today’s threats.
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