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as in inventive
having the skill and imagination to create new things
an imaginative child who is always writing short stories about her pet cat
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as in innovative
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
found an imaginative gadget that can grind the beans and heat the water to brew coffee
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Recent Examples of imaginative
Today, Gaudí’s influence continues to inspire architects to embrace the imaginative potential of architecture as art.
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Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
For the Puzzle’s 10-year anniversary, Loewe, now under the creative direction of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, has opened the archives and pulled from its most imaginative creations.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 29 May 2025
Gotts will play Mitchell and White Sun’s daughter, Good Eagle, who is wildly imaginative and is known as a storyteller in her family.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 May 2025
Season 8 offers up some provocative existential problems, along with eye-popping world-building, and even more imaginative body horror.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 May 2025
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Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
For the Puzzle’s 10-year anniversary, Loewe, now under the creative direction of Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, has opened the archives and pulled from its most imaginative creations.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 29 May 2025
Gotts will play Mitchell and White Sun’s daughter, Good Eagle, who is wildly imaginative and is known as a storyteller in her family.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 May 2025
Season 8 offers up some provocative existential problems, along with eye-popping world-building, and even more imaginative body horror.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imaginative
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Hiccup is an inventive, awkward teen who's an outsider among his fellow Vikings.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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Alexander-Arnold had long been an inventive force in England and would have added to his scrapbook of spectacular assists and goals as coach Arne Slot’s squad seeks more trophies.—
Henry Flynn,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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This analysis of an innovative AI breakthrough is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The big shift occurred when SpaceX put considerable money and effort into perfecting an innovative system to soft-land the rocket's booster stage for refurbishment and reuse.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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The result was a team that successfully blocked the hosts almost all of the match but also failed to be creative and aggressive in offense, a flaw also under Ancelotti’s predecessors.—
Mauricio Savarese,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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Sanlorenzo Arts–a creative hub dedicated to the artistic and cultural initiatives of luxury yacht pioneers Sanlorenzo–has been unveiled in Venice during the inaugural Venice Climate Week (3-8 June, 2025), as the lagoon city presents la Biennale di Architettura.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The argument that Trump has violated the 10th Amendment is a clever subversion of a line of thinking that has traditionally been backed by conservative judges, said Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Barenaked Ladies, Sugar Ray and Fastball Three lively, strident bands known for clever lyrics and fun banter relive the 1990s for you on July 13 at 7 p.m. at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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“Imaginative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imaginative. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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