Other inventors are trying to make something out of nothing.

其他的发明家正试图从虚无的东西中做出一些东西来。

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The research showed that Chinese junior civil servants focused creativity on problem solving but not to make something out of nothing.

研究的结果发现，中国基层领导干部对于创造力的理解更侧重于于解决实际问题而非“无中生有”。

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It was written by someone who likes to make something out of nothing in my view.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Do you think that the first African American governor since Reconstruction is, as you put it, trying to make something out of nothing and distracting policy debates, or does he have a point?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

The act of making something out of nothing requires the pattern recognition system to make far flung connections.

FORBES: How To Be More Creative At Work (Or What Corporations Can Learn From Booze-Hounds and Baby Elephants)