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verb

past tense of invent

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Recent Examples of invented
Verb
Elizabeth Olsen found inspiration for her role in The Assessment from a book that was based on a real-life group of people who believe aliens invented modern technology. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025 As history tells it, hot chicken was invented by African American entrepreneur Thornton Prince, who founded Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack in the 1940s. Shimite Obialo, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Back when the telescope was invented by Hans Lippershey in 1608, it was done so by experimenting with putting lenses together. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Mar. 2025 For decades, people have argued about who really invented the cinema. Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025 This pair of besties (Zach Braff and Donald Faison) practically invented the TV bromance. Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025 That marks the legacy of fast fashion, as originally invented by H&M and Zara, and then turbocharged by Shein and Temu. Felix Salmon, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025 The automatic flour mill was invented in the late 1700s. Ken Fleming, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 As March Madness gets underway Tuesday night, a debate has reemerged on who invented the first betting pool for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invented
Adjective
  • Amid the audience laughter at a lecture, U.S. Navy oceanographer Robert Ballard bit his tongue and told the questioner the jewelry was fictitious.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Searches were carried out in France and Belgium last month to determine if his Belgian tax domicile was fictitious.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Before the Frazier and Foreman fight was devised, former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of the title.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Price controls don’t work, whether they’re devised domestically or imported from abroad.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Emmy Award-winner plays the Black woman stand-in for a white male protagonist in an imaginary story to repurpose the popularity of a once successful Keyworth Pictures’ franchise.
    Malik Peay, Essence, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Perception Of Threat: In situations of aggression, whether real or imaginary, a natural response is to fight back.
    Naira Velumyan, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Bad Summer People, which has drawn comparisons to The White Lotus, is set in the idyllic fictional town of Salcombe, Fire Island, and follows a sequence of life shattering events when a body is discovered off the side of the boardwalk.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • In the series, Sephora becomes a sponsor for the fictional Los Angeles Waves basketball team, of which Kate Hudson’s character becomes the president.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This relic of constitutional law, which the Supreme Court hasn’t taken seriously since its quiet death in the New Deal era, is more mythical than historical—holding, more or less, that Congress cannot delegate its lawmaking power to another branch of government.
    Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2025
  • This name originates from a Greek myth. Eunice: Another historic Greek name, the mythical Eunice was the sea-nymph daughter of Nereus and Doris.
    Lydia Wang, Parents, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Invented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invented. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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