thought-provoking
adjective
: causing people to think seriously about something
a thought-provoking article
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Each intermission featured a sequence of striking visuals and thought-provoking messages displayed onscreen above the stage.
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Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The result of long-exposure shots taken on July 20 and July 23 is a thought-provoking image of Earth and the moon amid a stellar backdrop, providing a rare perspective of the Earth's place in space.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Freedom of thought and expression are foundational American values, and museums uphold them by creating spaces where people can engage with history, science, art and culture in ways that are honest, fact-based and thought-provoking.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 20 Aug. 2025
This erudite and thought-provoking book tackles a dominant issue of the day, and indeed of the last two centuries: whether the forward march of technology promises to free humankind from want and drudgery or instead threatens to enslave and even extinguish human civilization.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The result of long-exposure shots taken on July 20 and July 23 is a thought-provoking image of Earth and the moon amid a stellar backdrop, providing a rare perspective of the Earth's place in space.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Freedom of thought and expression are foundational American values, and museums uphold them by creating spaces where people can engage with history, science, art and culture in ways that are honest, fact-based and thought-provoking.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 20 Aug. 2025
This erudite and thought-provoking book tackles a dominant issue of the day, and indeed of the last two centuries: whether the forward march of technology promises to free humankind from want and drudgery or instead threatens to enslave and even extinguish human civilization.
—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Thought-provoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thought-provoking. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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