as in devising
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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But that doesn’t stop our team from inventing new products and services to help ensure pets get the best care possible.
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Alexandre Douzet, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Artists took bold sonic swings, inventing genres like New Wave with its fusion of punk, rock, pop, and reggae, along with a metric ton of synth.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 11 Oct. 2024
Producers have been inventing pop stars and constructing super groups since well before Elvis started shaking his hips.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Thomas Edison famously failed thousands of times before finally inventing the light bulb.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Aside from establishing the award, Nobel is best known for inventing dynamite.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Fabrication and misrepresentation—forging documents, counterfeiting letters, making up sources, creating false identities, inventing front organizations, and deceiving audiences—were, for a century, a prominent part of the Soviet Union’s political warfare.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
The brothers were anglers and hunters based out of Driftwood, Texas, and their father, Roger, had seen success inventing super durable, high-performance, two-part epoxy fishing rods that sold at a premium price point.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2024
Alexandre Douzet, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Artists took bold sonic swings, inventing genres like New Wave with its fusion of punk, rock, pop, and reggae, along with a metric ton of synth.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 11 Oct. 2024
Producers have been inventing pop stars and constructing super groups since well before Elvis started shaking his hips.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
Thomas Edison famously failed thousands of times before finally inventing the light bulb.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Aside from establishing the award, Nobel is best known for inventing dynamite.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Fabrication and misrepresentation—forging documents, counterfeiting letters, making up sources, creating false identities, inventing front organizations, and deceiving audiences—were, for a century, a prominent part of the Soviet Union’s political warfare.
—Thomas Rid, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2024
The brothers were anglers and hunters based out of Driftwood, Texas, and their father, Roger, had seen success inventing super durable, high-performance, two-part epoxy fishing rods that sold at a premium price point.
—Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2024
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