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
Commenters were impressed by the dog mom's ingenuity.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
This box set provides the earliest documentation of how this fabled band would irrevocably change the face of jazz by creating a vital new template for small-group interplay and improvisational ingenuity.
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
This could lead to a new kind of assignment, such as collaborative exercises where students and AI co-create, ensuring that human ingenuity remains at the center.
—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
From small space ingenuity to sleek modernism, these stunning spots are sure to spark some ideas for your next remodel.
—Alyssa Wolfe, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
This box set provides the earliest documentation of how this fabled band would irrevocably change the face of jazz by creating a vital new template for small-group interplay and improvisational ingenuity.
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
This could lead to a new kind of assignment, such as collaborative exercises where students and AI co-create, ensuring that human ingenuity remains at the center.
—Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
From small space ingenuity to sleek modernism, these stunning spots are sure to spark some ideas for your next remodel.
—Alyssa Wolfe, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ingenuity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
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Increasing digital competency among our associates will provide growth opportunities, drive change, inspire innovative thinking, and stimulate creativity.Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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However, expect some tension on Jan. 3, when Mars retrograde (in your 11th house of friendships) opposes Pluto (in your fifth house of creativity and romance).Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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The pink page was one reason the hotel was always that color in my imagination, but another was the pink façade from Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel.Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Staged in the gallery’s basement, the exhibition suggested a theater of online shopping, where the dark room of the imagination meets the addictive malls of resale sites such as eBay, Etsy, Depop, and Buyee.Fiona Alison Duncan, ARTnews.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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Circumstance delivered another talent: Navarro and Avery’s old acquaintance Michael Murphy.Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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In addition to this, MotoGP is focusing on nurturing new talent to keep races exciting to watch for fans.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Ingenuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenuity. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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