inventing

verb

present participle of invent
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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Recent Examples of inventing His great-great-grandfather, Antonio Cansino, was widely credited with inventing modern-day Spanish dance. — Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Whether inventing the Bong-a-Tron or freeing themselves after hours trapped inside a Party City parking lot, these misadventures almost always hinge on weed. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026 However, blaming regional choice programs for district deficits or inventing narratives about wealthy RESCs will not hire a teacher, fix a roof, or improve a reading score. — Leonard Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026 Much of the sector’s value creation came not from inventing a superior solar panel, but from figuring out customer acquisition, installation, asset financing and long-term ownership. — Rob Day, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Aguilar has been inventing these sorts of basic, accessible, potentially endless series for years. — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Through the mid-1980s, Wolfram continued this work, discovering a number of fundamental connections between computation and nature, and inventing such concepts as computational irreducibility. — Big Think, 4 Aug. 2026 Rent the Runway was a media darling—a necessity for a consumer brand that was inventing the new category of clothing rental and had to persuade women to try it out. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 29 July 2026 The brand is renowned for inventing the luxury SUV category in the 1970s with its original boxy, elevated, high-end off-roader. — New Atlas, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventing
  1. devising
  2. concocting
  3. constructing
  4. designing
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  • Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of devising
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  • But the proposition isn’t simply about concocting an outfit for 18 holes.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Ghost also accused Wilson and her PR team of concocting a smear campaign against her.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
Definition of concocting
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  • Israel's Ministry of Construction and Housing issued a tender for constructing several compounds with more than 1,200 homes in total in an open tract of land east of Jerusalem.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Klausner modeled the show’s intricate plotting on Curb Your Enthusiasm, constructing separate stories that would dovetail at the end of an episode.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of constructing
Verb
  • For decades, Canada Goose ducked out of designing summer clothing.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit accuses Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hide these harms from the public.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of designing

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