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as in innovations
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
his clever invention made people's lives easier
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as in fictions
something that is the product of the imagination
unsurprisingly, the story about being kidnapped by aliens was pure invention
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Recent Examples of inventions
Six years before Karl Benz’s first car and almost two decades prior to Henry Ford’s initial inventions, George Selden filed the first patent for a road engine, in 1879.
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Lonnie G. Bunch Iii,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2026
The possibility of what could be different has powered many of its inventions and helped define its national identity.
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Juliet Eilperin,
Washington Post,
3 July 2026
The modern electric washing machine is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.
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Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
Here is a list of the inventions and innovations, business advancements and manufacturing achievements our state pioneered in the past 250 years.
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Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
But to pay that extra and miss out on one of Samsung’s best hardware inventions in years would be a bitter pill to swallow.
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Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Back at the Ford Museum, Jones says her favorite inventions are not what people usually think about.
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Sandra Guzmán,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The World's Fair, as it's also known, introduced millions of people to inventions, architecture and ideas that still influence our lives today.
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Suzanne Le Mignot,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
These new inventions made workers more productive and improved the lives of everyone.
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Jessica Melugin,
Sun Sentinel,
25 June 2026
Lonnie G. Bunch Iii,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2026
The possibility of what could be different has powered many of its inventions and helped define its national identity.
—
Juliet Eilperin,
Washington Post,
3 July 2026
The modern electric washing machine is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century.
—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
Here is a list of the inventions and innovations, business advancements and manufacturing achievements our state pioneered in the past 250 years.
—
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
But to pay that extra and miss out on one of Samsung’s best hardware inventions in years would be a bitter pill to swallow.
—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Back at the Ford Museum, Jones says her favorite inventions are not what people usually think about.
—
Sandra Guzmán,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The World's Fair, as it's also known, introduced millions of people to inventions, architecture and ideas that still influence our lives today.
—
Suzanne Le Mignot,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
These new inventions made workers more productive and improved the lives of everyone.
—
Jessica Melugin,
Sun Sentinel,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventions
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Numerous healthcare innovations, integrative therapies and emerging treatments are currently being studied across the country.
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Claire Goodier, who leads the intellectual property division at UK Fusion Energy Ltd, confirmed that these applications represent the initial wave of STEP innovations entering the public sphere through the international patent framework.
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Invasion fictions tended to spring up in response to each new form of invasion panic.
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The program also happens to be in line with one of the president’s convenient rhetorical fictions.
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For this dourest of doubters, Musk’s claims for the feats ahead can only happen in the SpaceX founder’s head, or in the sci-fi fantasies Eisman grew up on.
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Circe and Calypso, for instance, are fantasies of pleasure and captivity, projections of men’s fear of losing control; Odysseus’ abandonment of them is part of his return to command.
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By Christopher Arnott Even tales as old as time need to get told a different way every once in a while.
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Everything else in these tales of Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister can be a bit over-amped and over-stylized.
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The history of Kaskaskia is full of stories of resilience and stubborn pride, but also of the inevitability of nature.
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Explore the Wild West from the back of a rickety wagon as characters share famed fables about Paul Bunyan, Babe the Blue Ox, Pecos Bill, John Henry and Hekeke.
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My dad’s stories about his grade-school experience felt like dark fables, peppered with slurs hurled at him by classmates.
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Crane offered a similar read, describing the collection as both new and familiar — the kind of pieces that could believably have been thrifted from a Venice Beach shop, even as fabrications like Terry and slub cotton give them a softer, more contemporary hand.
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While some were obvious fabrications, meant to aggrandize the narrator by his association with Tsietsi, most seemed true.
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Heather Rose is the Australian author of seven novels including her latest novel The Museum of Modern Love published this month by Algonquin.
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Later novels routinely took inspiration from family members or former or current lovers; the 1980 novel that baffled Frank Kermode is a dreamlike fable about a man guiltily trying to have an extramarital affair.
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“Inventions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventions. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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