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as in innovative
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
inventive electronic games inventive ways to use leftovers
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as in creative
having the skill and imagination to create new things
an inventive youth, he devised an automatic feeding system for his dog
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Recent Examples of inventive
But between the copy-paste pessimism and lovesick mumbling, there’s a handful of artists on the edge of the underground rewiring guitars in inventive ways.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Club isn’t like Netflix’s Daniel Craig detective franchise, which takes a more playfully inventive approach — at times studiously inventive approach — to the genre.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The Los Angeles studio behind some of today’s most inventive stage designs helped Walker transform her performance into an unforgettable moment for the artist and fans alike.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Aug. 2025
Aronson’s film is disarming, surprisingly warm, and inventive.
—Roger Friedman, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Club isn’t like Netflix’s Daniel Craig detective franchise, which takes a more playfully inventive approach — at times studiously inventive approach — to the genre.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The Los Angeles studio behind some of today’s most inventive stage designs helped Walker transform her performance into an unforgettable moment for the artist and fans alike.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Aug. 2025
Aronson’s film is disarming, surprisingly warm, and inventive.
—Roger Friedman, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventive
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Can any of those innovative ideas help solve Miami-Dade’s growing waste crisis?—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The rich use their muscle; the poorer must be more innovative to succeed.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Somewhere, creative teams are readying a rock opera and a Saturday morning cartoon.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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And, since Congress expects workers and employers to be (cough) creative when characterizing wages as tips to avoid paying taxes on otherwise taxable income, Treasury is authorized to issue additional guidance to prevent abuse.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Miral is responsible for both of these areas whereas Disney will supply the designers, known as Imagineers for their imaginative use of engineering.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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As long as readers continue to crave that liminal space between dreams and reality, Labyrinth and its imaginative literary descendants will endure.—
Logan Karlie
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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This can be read as a clever knock on some of the mockumentary-format comedies that followed The Office, often — ahem, Modern Family — failing to provide any actual reason for the doc-style shooting and talking-head interviews.—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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But poems are cleverer than the people who write them.—
Leila Chatti
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Russ then tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers — a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish team.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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Both individuals are immensely talented and underdog picks, which always is the most exciting for us.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Inventive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventive. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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