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
Educators are split too, amused by the ingenuity, yet frustrated that students are still finding ways to drift off task during lessons.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
With a gobsmacking 16 designer debuts, ingenuity, creativity, and skill were all at the forefront.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Imagination and ingenuity may play a similar role as a healthy diet or exercise.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 8 Oct. 2025
Yet his film, even in its omissions, brims with strategic ingenuity and daring, cinematic and political—to fight other films’ empty fantasies with substantial ones, to battle other advocates’ pernicious myths with virtuous ones.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
With a gobsmacking 16 designer debuts, ingenuity, creativity, and skill were all at the forefront.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Imagination and ingenuity may play a similar role as a healthy diet or exercise.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 8 Oct. 2025
Yet his film, even in its omissions, brims with strategic ingenuity and daring, cinematic and political—to fight other films’ empty fantasies with substantial ones, to battle other advocates’ pernicious myths with virtuous ones.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
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Friendship for Breakfast Fallon and Swift’s friendship has long been rooted in humor and creativity, from surprise appearances on The Tonight Show to shared behind-the-scenes moments.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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As more employees filter into the building next year, the $3 billion investment reflects Dimon’s broader bet on the future of office life, built on the conviction that real culture and creativity thrive only when people work side by side.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The goal is to reconnect with your own unique curiosity and imagination.—
Cas Holman,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Whether the Monster is part of Ana’s imagination or not, the scene carries a fragile, haunting power, suggesting that the only person capable of rescuing Ana from the pervasive mystery and misery of her home life belongs to the supernatural, outside the punishing borders of Franco’s Spain.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Browns clearly need help at the wide receiver position, but Gabriel's arm talent has not stuck out much.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The supermodel sisters have been very vocal about Mohamed's culinary talents.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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BigXthaPlug – and his many collaborators – score big wins on several Billboard charts this week thanks to that inventiveness.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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But there is one exception, a scene whose dramatic importance is reflected in a startling inventiveness of composition, and whose stylistic finesse provides a clue about where Aster’s emotional investment lies.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Ingenuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenuity. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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