invent the wheel

1. see reinvent the wheel.

Example Sentences

No, Kamen didn’t invent the wheel, but people far smarter than I who have seen Ginger believe that people will talk about Kamen the way they once talked about Henry Ford.

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Day 1 was about getting some basic offense and defense installed — "trying to invent the wheel will not work," Popovich said — and establishing how the Americans want to play.

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Day 1 was about getting some basic offense and defense installed — “trying to invent the wheel will not work,” Popovich said — and establishing how the Americans want to play.

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But why is every business being forced to invent the wheel on their own?

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"We didn't have to invent the wheel if someone else had one," she says.

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