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as in creativeness
the skill and imagination to create new things
the arts and crafts fair showed the remarkable creativity of local artists and artisans
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as in imagination
the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others
while his imaginary friend is a little annoying, you have to admire his creativity in thinking her up
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Recent Examples of creativity
The archival material is organized and annotated by Chaplin biographer David Robinson and editor Cecilia Cenciarelli, who have done essential work here detailing Chaplin’s biggest final burst of creativity.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
My green-phase EEG showed a big spike in the low-frequency brain waves associated with meditation and creativity.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Wyatt also leans on creativity to take her mind off her physical discomfort.
—Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
Oaxaca de Juárez is a vibrant city where ancient Zapotec traditions meet contemporary creativity.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
My green-phase EEG showed a big spike in the low-frequency brain waves associated with meditation and creativity.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Wyatt also leans on creativity to take her mind off her physical discomfort.
—Cheyenne Buckingham, SELF, 24 Oct. 2025
Oaxaca de Juárez is a vibrant city where ancient Zapotec traditions meet contemporary creativity.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creativity
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For decades, the dream of personal flight, as envisioned by jetpacks, hoverboards, and flying cars, has captured our imagination.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Paddington Bear’s meeting with a BBC News journalist appears to have captured the imagination of fans after the marmalade-loving mammal made his debut in a West End musical.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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With a new wave of talent, including Santiago Giménez, Edson Álvarez, and César Montes leading the charge, El Tri are blending youthful energy with experienced leadership.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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My father had two superpowers that saved him in the face of all those failures—his talent for telling stories and gardening.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The show’s ingenuity lies in the fact that the answers to these questions only create more questions.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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Where traditional shipbuilding relied on labor and scale, the new frontier rewards autonomy, precision, and adaptability — domains where American ingenuity excels.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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For example, they were asked to find a creative use for an everyday object, then their responses were ranked on inventiveness.—
Liz Regalia,
Parents,
28 Oct. 2025
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Bennett is a writer of great linguistic inventiveness; her previous books, the short-story collection Pond and the novel Checkout 19, use surprising wordplay to evoke their narrators’ unique ways of interacting with the world.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Creativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creativity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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