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
General Motors Anderson sees design and human ingenuity falling into three main epochs, beginning with thousands of years of empirical design that saw creators largely mimicking nature, building and testing models, and advancing from there—slowly, expensively, and narrowly focused.
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IEEE Spectrum,
17 June 2026
Odyssey reveals how one near-disastrous mission became a triumph of ingenuity and teamwork.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 June 2026
This combination of technological capability and human ingenuity is incredibly powerful.
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Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
Beneath the flat surface of the back seat hid the wondrous fold-up bench seats that, to my childhood mind, were a marvel of ingenuity.
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Judith Garrison,
AJC.com,
16 June 2026
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IEEE Spectrum,
17 June 2026
Odyssey reveals how one near-disastrous mission became a triumph of ingenuity and teamwork.
—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 June 2026
This combination of technological capability and human ingenuity is incredibly powerful.
—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
Beneath the flat surface of the back seat hid the wondrous fold-up bench seats that, to my childhood mind, were a marvel of ingenuity.
—
Judith Garrison,
AJC.com,
16 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for ingenuity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
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Your creativity is eager and focused as the Sagittarius moon coordinates with Saturn.
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Produced by Milos-Films and shot at Hélium Films’ studios in Switzerland’s Lausanne, the short follows three handcrafted monkeys who transform a cold animation studio into a vibrant jungle through creativity, collaboration and resourcefulness.
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But without freedom, Berdyaev writes, creativeness is impossible.
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There’s a certain elegance and sophistication to rooftop bars and restaurants captured in the American imagination.
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His themes are learned; his settings numerous and far-flung; his imagination apocalyptic, but very, very funny.
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By the time many of these rising talents were accruing debt in graduate writing programs, the dream of a sustainable career in the nonprofit theater had already gasped its last breath.
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Yimvert Berroteran, a promising young talent, was among the hundreds of people who died, the Venezuelan national team and the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) said Friday.
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The exhibition also features an exceptional selection of artifacts from the NFB’s collection, offering insight into the working methods, experimentation and inventiveness that have shaped the history of animation in Canada.
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But its inventiveness helped earn McCartney’s first Grammy Award as a solo artist (best arrangement accompanying vocalists in 1971).
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There's also a palpable new seam of imaginativeness among residents.
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“Ingenuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenuity. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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