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as in inventive
having the skill and imagination to create new things
an award for the most innovative designer of consumer electronics
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as in imaginative
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
innovative automotive technology
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Recent Examples of innovative
These innovative devices combine advanced technology with effortless at-home use, giving your skin a professional-level glow without professional-level prices.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2025
The display shows how Negro Leagues managers developed innovative strategies out of necessity, often with limited resources but unlimited creativity.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Analysts also cited lower labor costs, the weaker yuan, innovative technological developments and a robust battery supply chain among Beijing’s key advantages.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
On the other hand, repression negatively affects long-term growth by absorbing bank financing that could be going to the innovative firms in the private sector.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2025
The display shows how Negro Leagues managers developed innovative strategies out of necessity, often with limited resources but unlimited creativity.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Analysts also cited lower labor costs, the weaker yuan, innovative technological developments and a robust battery supply chain among Beijing’s key advantages.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
On the other hand, repression negatively affects long-term growth by absorbing bank financing that could be going to the innovative firms in the private sector.
—Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovative
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Last year, fans and critics alike cheered on three inventive and ubiquitous pop stars: Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Charli XCX.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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This gorgeous and much-acclaimed movie—the inventive animation, which was meant to closely mimic the look of a comic book, earned it the Best Animated Feature award at the 2018 Oscars—is an easy family movie night win, especially for those with tweens and young teens.—
Miranda Rake,
Parents,
21 Aug. 2025
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Washington’s invigorating performance goes far beyond charisma and technique to enrich the role with an imaginative repertory of seemingly spontaneous gestures: a chilling series of gun-pointing fingers when in doubt; the removal of a diamond earring at a point of financial need.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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Spark’s new boss was a wildly imaginative and very demanding foreign correspondent of Falstaffian proportions named Sefton Delmer.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
10 Aug. 2025
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As for the project’s quick turnaround amid her ongoing Short n’ Sweet Tour, Carpenter simply chose to follow her creative instincts while ignoring typical music industry guidance to space out albums with at least a few years.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The poet Allen Grossman (MacArthur Fellow, author of the moving collection, The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground: Love Poems, among at least twenty or so other books) lectured and wrote about creative impulses and sources.—
Douglas Unger
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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The most memorable of those came against Sheffield United, with two blockers at the near post (marked in white) and two runners from deep (black) allowing Pascal Struijk (yellow) to score from Joe Rothwell’s clever corner.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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The result is a hollow movie—but its very hollowness gives rise to a diabolical twist that’s more than merely clever.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Innovative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovative. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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