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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
What Austin is to Texas, Shoreditch is to London, a slightly alternative melting pot of creativity.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Which doesn’t limit your creativity or your drive to keep going, to keep searching, to keep being hungry.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
This arid hellworld doesn’t seem like a place where creativity would flourish, but the music buzzes with it.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
Costumes aren’t necessarily mandatory for the performers at the Sac Halloween Show, but a heavy dose of creativity is required for this swarm of sonic cosplay.
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Which doesn’t limit your creativity or your drive to keep going, to keep searching, to keep being hungry.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
This arid hellworld doesn’t seem like a place where creativity would flourish, but the music buzzes with it.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
Costumes aren’t necessarily mandatory for the performers at the Sac Halloween Show, but a heavy dose of creativity is required for this swarm of sonic cosplay.
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creativity
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But without freedom, Berdyaev writes, creativeness is impossible.—
Andrew McDiarmid,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Though Baudelaire was influenced by Poe’s macabre imagination, decadence never developed its own school in nineteenth-century America, then still a young country.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Container gardens are easy to create and endlessly rewarding, so let your imagination go wild!—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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Walter was an accomplished singer and Marian played the piano, but Crenshaw evidently did not inherit a talent for music.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Even as a young writer, her talent for digging up interesting stats, along with her contagious positivity and love for the game, set her apart in a crowded media landscape.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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There's also a palpable new seam of imaginativeness among residents.—
Toby Skinner,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Nov. 2024
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This is why our governments are concluding new economic and technology agreements – to write the next chapter of our joint prosperity and ensure that British and American ingenuity continues to lead the world.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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This brand prizes its collections on ingenuity and takes inspiration from the opulent interiors across Soho Houses around the world, and this piece is proof.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
28 Apr. 2026
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More of this kind of playful inventiveness, please.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Its combination of inventiveness and mundanity reminds him of the early films of the Lumière brothers, who paved the way for modern cinema with their invention of the cinematograph.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Creativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creativity. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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