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
His lab’s research provides some evidence for the idea that intelligent behavior—using some degree of ingenuity to achieve specific goals—emerges even in very simple biological and computational systems, including decades-old algorithms.
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Tharin Pillay, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
Several important new characters—including a pregnant woman (Mirren Mack) who fights back against the Jimmys with ingenuity and courage—are never clearly introduced by name, and the unfathomably vicious deaths that await most of them seem only to compound their anonymity.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2026
The Drone represents a unique period of British automotive ingenuity, when manufacturers worked around strict economic and taxation constraints.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
His wits and ingenuity versus the knights’ brutality and violence is a worthy match.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Tharin Pillay, Time, 22 Jan. 2026
Several important new characters—including a pregnant woman (Mirren Mack) who fights back against the Jimmys with ingenuity and courage—are never clearly introduced by name, and the unfathomably vicious deaths that await most of them seem only to compound their anonymity.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2026
The Drone represents a unique period of British automotive ingenuity, when manufacturers worked around strict economic and taxation constraints.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
His wits and ingenuity versus the knights’ brutality and violence is a worthy match.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
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Create Shadow Art Shadow art is a great way to lean into Groundhog Day while also letting kids express their own creativity.—
Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
31 Jan. 2026
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Able to operate across the midfield, the 23-year-old would provide bite and physicality during Joelinton’s ongoing injury absence, while also offering creativity in attack, which Newcastle have lacked, especially in away matches.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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But without freedom, Berdyaev writes, creativeness is impossible.—
Andrew McDiarmid,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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And all the teachers were social documentary still photographers and filmmakers, reminding me that there is as much drama in what is and what was as anything that the human imagination dreams up.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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In the production, Hayes plays Elliott, a writer grappling with creative paralysis who retreats to a remote cabin, only to find the line between imagination and reality dangerously blurred.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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And while Addison Rae has been on our beauty radar for some time, her Best New Artist nomination has her alongside other gorgeous breakthrough talents like Olivia Dean and Katseye.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
2 Feb. 2026
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The album's extended roster of talent includes the Rolling Stones, CJ Chenier (Clifton's son), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Taj Mahal and Augie Meyers (Texas Tornados).—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Feb. 2026
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Also predictably, Russian media are praising the remarkable inventiveness of their forces, while ignoring the disastrous results.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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These grander moments of inventiveness don’t stop City from finding joy and absurdity in smaller and seemingly inconsequential stories either.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2025
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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 5 Feb. 2026.
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