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as in creativity
the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others
a cartoonist needs a fertile imagination in order to create interesting cartoons on demand
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as in creativeness
the skill and imagination to create new things
she lacks the imagination to be anything but an imitator of other directors' cinematic styles
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Recent Examples of imagination
The Jayhawks are headed to March Madness, and still the imagination of what this team could be with Darryn Peterson has been better than the reality.
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Sam McDowell March 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
The lyrics seem to be very much from your imagination.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2026
If anything, backstories here are neatly left to the imagination.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Storytelling and imagination Perhaps the most natural use of AI for a five-year-old is collaborative storytelling.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
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Sam McDowell March 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
The lyrics seem to be very much from your imagination.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2026
If anything, backstories here are neatly left to the imagination.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Storytelling and imagination Perhaps the most natural use of AI for a five-year-old is collaborative storytelling.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagination
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From its humble origins using just a few simple ingredients, pizza has become the ultimate blank canvas inviting endless culinary creativity.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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These practices support employees not only in managing stress but in accessing clarity, creativity and emotional regulation more reliably.—
Elan Gepner-Dales,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2026
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But without freedom, Berdyaev writes, creativeness is impossible.—
Andrew McDiarmid,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 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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Again, this is where ingenuity comes in and pays off.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Mar. 2026
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But 12 months is a lot of runway for a young player whose all-court ingenuity, appetite for improvement and ability to shed setbacks have generated lift.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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But the Knicks’ talent — and size — advantage was simply too much to overcome down the stretch.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The amount of talent on the field at the same time was, indeed, surreal.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Imagination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagination. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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