thought-provoking
adjective
: causing people to think seriously about something
a thought-provoking article
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The thought-provoking findings offer new ways of understanding the past.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
This thought-provoking book dives deep into the complex politics of the Okinawa Islands, a Japanese possession on the frontlines of one of the world’s geostrategic hotspots.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
They can be thought-provoking or honor the city’s history, but some pieces defy easy categorization.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2025
But Brennan and Murphy find thought-provoking tension in these imbalances, contrasting our disinterest in keeping up with America’s imperialist destruction with our never-ending fascination with Gein’s brutality and depravity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
This thought-provoking book dives deep into the complex politics of the Okinawa Islands, a Japanese possession on the frontlines of one of the world’s geostrategic hotspots.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
They can be thought-provoking or honor the city’s history, but some pieces defy easy categorization.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2025
But Brennan and Murphy find thought-provoking tension in these imbalances, contrasting our disinterest in keeping up with America’s imperialist destruction with our never-ending fascination with Gein’s brutality and depravity.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Thought-provoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thought-provoking. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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