How to Use self-invention in a Sentence
self-invention
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At the center of Export’s oeuvre was her own self-invention.
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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Ohs relies on their charismatic presence as a springboard for invention—and even self-invention.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2025
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Still, the pure rascality in these extravagant self-inventions shouldn’t be overlooked.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Later conversation with Sophie makes clear that this is another layer of self-invention.
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Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
14 Nov. 2025
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Its radical glamour felt defiantly alive, insisting on visibility, pleasure, and self-invention as acts of cultural resistance.
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Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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