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
Being a Southern surfer requires a bit more patience and ingenuity than is expected of athletes who live in West Coast locales like California and Hawaii.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – Inspired by Professor Bettany Hughes’ best-selling book of the same name, the accomplished historian and broadcaster follow in the footsteps of the very first tourists, travelling between marvels of human ingenuity.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
While most of the modular ingenuity is contained within the CampOut's walls, some of it finds its way to the outside.
—New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025
Perry, an Atlantic contributing writer and a National Book Award–winning author, fills her latest work with accounts of ingenuity and Black resilience that are held together, loosely but intentionally, with threads of cerulean, sapphire, and azure.
—Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2025
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – Inspired by Professor Bettany Hughes’ best-selling book of the same name, the accomplished historian and broadcaster follow in the footsteps of the very first tourists, travelling between marvels of human ingenuity.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
While most of the modular ingenuity is contained within the CampOut's walls, some of it finds its way to the outside.
—New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025
Perry, an Atlantic contributing writer and a National Book Award–winning author, fills her latest work with accounts of ingenuity and Black resilience that are held together, loosely but intentionally, with threads of cerulean, sapphire, and azure.
—Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
Noun
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Importantly, organizations that value creativity and continuous innovation are not only more experienced in reimagining how new ideas can enhance their work but also in bringing them to life.—
Jodi Euerle Eddy,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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But the singer-songwriter is adept at funneling past pain into the present, and seems driven and solid in his creativity and life.—
Katherine Turman,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Regret is double suffering, while worry about the future is a misuse of imagination.—
Chris Westfall,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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However, the series never shows Proteus in action, leaving much of its menace to the imagination.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With his calm demeanor and distinctive baritone, Biggie exhibited a rare talent for painting pictures with his bars, delivering a complex rhyme scheme of double entendres and metaphors that has kept him on the Mount Rushmore of rap for any true connoisseur of the genre.—
Shirley Halperin for The Hollywood Reporter,
Robb Report,
1 Mar. 2025
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This team is made up of a ton of young talent and it's worked out well on the court.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Ingenuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenuity. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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