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great
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Use a diffuser - the greatest frizz-beating invention ever - to dry your hair gently and evenly.
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Many of our great inventions first appeared as toys -- fireworks; the steam engine; the gyroscope; laser weapons.
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This was the greatest automotive invention of all time.
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It is hard for us to imagine what a great invention this was.
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Hailed as a great technological invention it immediately became the subject of debates concerning its aesthetic status and social uses.
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In 1895 he proposed to Congress that the Patent Office be closed because all the great inventions had already been discovered.
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Geoffrey Spasmo was dead, and the secret of his great invention had died with him.
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The same principle is at work in the other great invention in this play, Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking.
modern
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Our distinction between the private and the public is a relatively modern invention .
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It is not a modern invention .
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An electric iron was a modern invention when the house was built.
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The written signature is a modern invention .
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The dust penetrates all man's modern inventions , so strong, so carefully sealed.
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However, like all modern inventions , for all their advantages they must be effectively controlled.
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Use was made of modern inventions , including fingerprinting, photography, automobiles and telephones.
new
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If other firms can quickly imitate the new invention , competition will rapidly compete away the profits on this new product.
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He patented the telephone in February 1876 and exhibited his new invention at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia that same year.
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This attitude was also responsible for a new horological invention that was ultimately to be of far-reaching social significance.
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It went from being a new invention to a regular household item with remarkable speed.
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Creator, the Earth is hypnotized even as we speak, with the latest new inventions .
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Their futures may depend on a new invention , patent, or on government approval of a drug, for example.
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On page 5 you will see details of a new invention competition being run by Power Farming and Farmers Weekly.
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New discoveries and their applications, new inventions , arrived regularly, each bearing the promise of the infinite, controllable future.
patented
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In 1986, the employer signed the main contract to supply redesigned equipment based on the patented invention .
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However, the evidential task becomes more difficult if the employer opts to make and refine the patented invention himself.
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The easiest way to earn money from a patented invention is to license some one else to use it, and collect royalties.
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Notably, the quality threshold is tied to the employer's existing exploitation of the patented invention .
recent
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Thus, neither is a recent invention .
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The immune system is a fairly recent invention in geological terms.
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Moreover, we also know that what modern nations identify as their national culture is a quite recent invention .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
necessity is the mother of invention
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Accounts of Koritz's involvement in the crime are pure invention .
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Let's apply America's special genius for invention to our schools.
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More than any other single invention , writing has transformed human consciousness.
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the invention of the wheel
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The Hydro-Ram is an invention which makes it easier for firemen to get people out of crashed cars.
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The wedge is an important early mechanical invention .