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as in innovative
having the skill and imagination to create new things
Thomas Edison's status as perhaps America's greatest creative genius
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as in imaginative
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
always coming up with creative ways to use hamburger
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Recent Examples of creative
Their innovation demonstrates how creative chemistry can help solve one of the planet’s most pressing problems.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
As a creative writing major at Hamilton!
—Literary Hub
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The beauty of butterflies and bees are new to the creative arts area at the fair inside the pollinator exhibit.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Her childhood was a very creative one, filled with drawing, painting, designing, and tinkering with small inventions.
—Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
As a creative writing major at Hamilton!
—Literary Hub
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The beauty of butterflies and bees are new to the creative arts area at the fair inside the pollinator exhibit.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
Her childhood was a very creative one, filled with drawing, painting, designing, and tinkering with small inventions.
—Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creative
Adjective
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Can any of those innovative ideas help solve Miami-Dade’s growing waste crisis?—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The rich use their muscle; the poorer must be more innovative to succeed.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Miral is responsible for both of these areas whereas Disney will supply the designers, known as Imagineers for their imaginative use of engineering.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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As long as readers continue to crave that liminal space between dreams and reality, Labyrinth and its imaginative literary descendants will endure.—
Logan Karlie
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Distillation is particularly inventive at Loch Lomond.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Its signature restaurant, FYSH at EDITION, wins the hearts and palates of guests with inventive, scale-to-tail seafood (like vanilla gelato with tuna eyes) amid velvet banquets and tropical plants.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This may require some clever cable routing.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
26 Aug. 2025
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Here are 10 clever ways to use wax paper both in and out of the kitchen.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
25 Aug. 2025
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Russ then tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers — a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish team.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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Both individuals are immensely talented and underdog picks, which always is the most exciting for us.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Creative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creative. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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