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
Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of slavery and the unfulfilled promise of post-Reconstruction justice, Black musicians embraced experimentation and innovation, ingenuity and joy, and a multigenerational call and response speaking truth to power that endures to the present day.
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Elizabeth Alexander, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
Is that type of human ingenuity more impressive than someone who was born with superpowers?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Those circumstances are most common in the South (leave it to Southern ingenuity to figure this one out).
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
Curiously, tactical ingenuity was not seen as crucial an aspect as managing players’ egos, considering the squad was enriched with quality and could get by, in most games, on individual talent alone.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Elizabeth Alexander, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
Is that type of human ingenuity more impressive than someone who was born with superpowers?
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
Those circumstances are most common in the South (leave it to Southern ingenuity to figure this one out).
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
Curiously, tactical ingenuity was not seen as crucial an aspect as managing players’ egos, considering the squad was enriched with quality and could get by, in most games, on individual talent alone.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
Noun
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This experience changed my life and my entire approach to creativity as a designer and an artist.—
Ralph Rucci,
Robb Report,
20 Apr. 2025
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That edge matters—in talent retention, in creativity and in bottom-line performance.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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His idea appeared to be developing content about the club — not dissimilar to the manner in which Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have captured the imagination at Wrexham — and introducing Dagenham & Redbridge to new markets.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Francis captured the imaginations of believers and non-believers alike. 10:57 Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for an everyman humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican has confirmed.—
Phoebe Natanson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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The New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, and Boston Red Sox are all loaded with talent and have the potential to contend this season.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article 2 min Kate Middleton demonstrated a hidden talent while on a royal trip to Scotland with her husband, Prince William.—
Elizabeth Stanton,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Ingenuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenuity. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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