as in creativity
the skill and imagination to create new things
the mystery writer's exceptional ingenuity enabled her to devise plots that always had readers guessing to the very end
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Recent Examples of ingenuity
Not only highlighting the ingenuity of Purdy’s design sensibility, the initiative draws attention to the depth of talent found within the region and how, through collaboration, it can be applied and accessed on an international stage.
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Roddy Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
But the pursuit itself underscores the ingenuity of modern physics.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
In Antioch’s version, the tunnels stand for Chinese ingenuity and survival.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Then Denver figured out Tennessee had no other ground-game threats and little offensive ingenuity, and stifled him in the second half.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
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Roddy Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
But the pursuit itself underscores the ingenuity of modern physics.
—New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
In Antioch’s version, the tunnels stand for Chinese ingenuity and survival.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Then Denver figured out Tennessee had no other ground-game threats and little offensive ingenuity, and stifled him in the second half.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
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In blending creativity with community, and in each collection and cause, Scott is passing her Texas spirit onward.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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From streetwear to high fashion, the borough has a reputation for individuality and creativity.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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This view, for me at least, more than anything else connects the dots of our historically informed imagination.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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As his imagination grows into vast cities and impossible creatures, fantasy blurs with reality.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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In all of these places, the broad availability of talent—whether as founders, knowledge workers, or highly skilled blue-collar workers—is viewed as one core element of the corporate ecosystem’s success.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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In conversation, Blunt’s admiration for Johnson is clear, and so is her interest in making sure other people recognize his talents and capabilities.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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BigXthaPlug – and his many collaborators – score big wins on several Billboard charts this week thanks to that inventiveness.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But there is one exception, a scene whose dramatic importance is reflected in a startling inventiveness of composition, and whose stylistic finesse provides a clue about where Aster’s emotional investment lies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Ingenuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenuity. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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