as in creativeness
the skill and imagination to create new things
a surprising new product from a company that has never been a wellspring of innovativeness
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Noun
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Studies have shown that routine use of AI has a deleterious impact on cognition, creativity, recall, and critical thinking.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026 -
His interests reflect both his creativity and his energetic spirit.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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For their part, many voters always seem to be searching for some idealized candidate who exists only in their imagination.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Visionary Award recognizes an individual who has uniquely and consistently employed the art and science of VFX to foster imagination and ignite future discoveries by way of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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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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The movie is like a version of Waiting for Guffman (1996) in which the Christopher Guest character was not a buffoon but an earnest striver with grit and (significant) talent.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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That’s because North Crowley’s talent development, depth, culture and recent success have put the school in a position to compete for championships.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Innovativeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovativeness. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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