as in fictitious
not real and existing only in the imagination
a daydreamer who lives mostly in her invented magic kingdom
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as in devised
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 invented
Jim Greer, SPIN, 24 Dec. 2024
Someone invented the elevator, and so skyscrapers happened, and cities changed forever.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 22 Dec. 2024
Ever since French scientist Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization – which heats milk to at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit to kill harmful bacteria – back in 1862, that’s been the standard in America.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
That was the whole point of the Attention, Interest, Desire, Action (AIDA) model (invented way back in 1898) – drive people in a linear fashion from awareness to purchase.
—Beth Ann Kaminkow, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
And the Brits, who invented Worcestershire sauce by the way, have been eating Cheese on Toast since the early 1700s.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
Jerome Robbins, who directed the original Gypsy, invented a dazzling way to age his performers in a single dance number, where a strobe prevents you from seeing the younger actors giving way to their older counterparts.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
So Hoover, in some ways, invented how to use a big institution like the FBI for your own political ends.
—Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
This case brought the importance of Zero Trust back to the public sphere, nearly 10 years after the term was invented.
—Danny Jenkins, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
Lollapalooza was invented by a boomer.
—Jim Greer, SPIN, 24 Dec. 2024
Someone invented the elevator, and so skyscrapers happened, and cities changed forever.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 22 Dec. 2024
Ever since French scientist Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization – which heats milk to at least 145 degrees Fahrenheit to kill harmful bacteria – back in 1862, that’s been the standard in America.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
That was the whole point of the Attention, Interest, Desire, Action (AIDA) model (invented way back in 1898) – drive people in a linear fashion from awareness to purchase.
—Beth Ann Kaminkow, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
And the Brits, who invented Worcestershire sauce by the way, have been eating Cheese on Toast since the early 1700s.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
Jerome Robbins, who directed the original Gypsy, invented a dazzling way to age his performers in a single dance number, where a strobe prevents you from seeing the younger actors giving way to their older counterparts.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
So Hoover, in some ways, invented how to use a big institution like the FBI for your own political ends.
—Cameron Joseph, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2024
This case brought the importance of Zero Trust back to the public sphere, nearly 10 years after the term was invented.
—Danny Jenkins, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invented
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Morgan & Morgan, the firm that puts up those annoying Philly billboards, was fined after one of their lawyers admitted to using an AI program that generated fictitious case citations in a legal filing.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Putin cannot refuse a ceasefire, without losing the fictitious moral high ground.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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That should become a standard part of the chain-of-thoughts being devised by AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Similarly, Ping’s team devised a system that pauses the pH-modulating current just long enough for a graphene transistor to record accurate readings without interference.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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After the war, that technology, developed by a painfully pretentious guru named Ethan Skate (Stanley Tucci), was sold to the public as a way of keeping them sedated and immersed in imaginary worlds.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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And now a question for a future newsletter: Do the kids in your life have imaginary friends?—
Anna North,
Vox,
13 Mar. 2025
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In this mostly fictional version, the reclusive Omara has to decide whether or not to come back from retirement and record with her old colleagues from the fervent Cuban years, thus confronting those ghosts.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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There is no Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Hopper, Joyce, or the rest of the residents of the fictional Hawkins, Indiana.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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This sends him on a high-stakes journey to find the mythical Last Wish, a fabled star that can restore his lost lives.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega escape a murderous mythical creature in an exclusive new clip from Death of a Unicorn, in theaters March 28.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
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