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
As a symbol of national ingenuity and know-how, the frosty specimen is kind of out-there.
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
With a bit of searching and ingenuity, though, garden item deals that are economical and comparable to more expensive brands can be found.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
According to the network’s description, in the special, the wildest moms on Earth prove that love, resilience and a little ingenuity can conquer just about anything.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 May 2026
America’s true comparative advantage has been its institutional ingenuity, the capacity to build new ways of turning ideas into industries.
—David H. Hsu, Fortune, 11 May 2026
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Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
With a bit of searching and ingenuity, though, garden item deals that are economical and comparable to more expensive brands can be found.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
According to the network’s description, in the special, the wildest moms on Earth prove that love, resilience and a little ingenuity can conquer just about anything.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 May 2026
America’s true comparative advantage has been its institutional ingenuity, the capacity to build new ways of turning ideas into industries.
—David H. Hsu, Fortune, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
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Slot and his side has received plenty of criticism for their style of play this season because of its lack of intensity, aggression, speed and creativity in and out of possession.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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An ambitious man, always pursuing new avenues for his creativity, Powell experimented with different media (radio, film and television) at a time when not many did.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 May 2026
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But without freedom, Berdyaev writes, creativeness is impossible.—
Andrew McDiarmid,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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By using the language of French wines to write about Southern food, Beard was placing the latter on the same footing that European food held in the American imagination.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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The three hundred players are identified during the preceding summer and fall, when team scouts scour the country to evaluate prospective college talent.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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There aren’t many options for the Pistons to upgrade from someone his age, with his talent and frame.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The menu seems to change to reflect whatever inventiveness is boiling in the mind of the chef – a pea-and-squash salad, a duck-and-blueberry tart.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
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More of this kind of playful inventiveness, please.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 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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“Ingenuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenuity. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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