Sentence examples for invented not to from inspiring English sources

Indeed, the terminological contrast seems to have been invented not to clarify a distinction between concepts but to nudge linguistic research in a particular direction.

Truth and reconciliation, reparations, apologies, and restitution--these are tools we have invented not to change the past but the present and future.

Cohen invented not only the peer-to-peer technology behind the BitTorrent network, but also the software for users to share files.

It's difficult not to start inventing, not to let myself be carried along on the scent of memory.

So when Levin quit Mayfield to found Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals in 1994, he resolved to invent not drugs, but the means to invent drugs.

Given the state of global competition, and an economy increasingly dependent on knowledge and innovation, we must preserve incentives to invent, not diminish them.

Wolfram declares that his various insights into computing forced him to invent, not a new science, but "a new kind of science," the title of his book and a website (www.wolframscience.com).com

Incensed, provoked, and a little drunk, Locke invented Petroleum Vesuvius Nasby, not to do battle with the distant Confederacy, but to satirize its allies closer to home.

"After all the fulminating about a humanitarian catastrophe, they're inventing reasons not to act to avoid another catastrophe..

After all the fulminating about Syria's humanitarian catastrophe, they're inventing reasons not to act to avoid another catastrophe.

I would only add that inventing reasons not to do anything about current unemployment isn't just cruel and wasteful, it's bad long-run policy, too.